No pressure on regulator to approve a vaccine, says NITI Aayog's V K Paul

Paul said it was in India's interest to ensure scientific rigour is maintained while granting the licence to a vaccine

There is no pressure on the drug regulator to take the decision on the Covid-19 vaccine approval one way or another and the final call on granting emergency use authorisation will be made on sound scientific principles within a few days, Niti Aayog member V K Paul said on Saturday. 

Paul addressing the FICCI’s 93rd annual general meeting said, “It is an Apollo 11 moment for Indian science...The decision on vaccines will be taken by a panel which represents India’s scientific capital. We will wait till all parameters are met.”