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PM Modi's Serum visit shot in arm for India's Covid-19 vaccine image

Known for cranking out low-price vaccines, Serum Institute comes riding on the promise of a billion Covid shots

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Staffers cleaning the marquee board of Serum Institute on Friday, a day before PM Narendra Modi’s visit to the vaccine plant | Photo: Abhishek Waghmare

Abhishek WaghmareSohini Das Hadapsar | Mumbai
Located in Hadapsar, the peri-urban locality that connects Pune to the erstwhile textile-mill town of Solapur, Serum Institute of India (SII)  appears ready to play a global role in the production of Covid-19 vaccine because few manufacturers can match the scale of its facilities.
 
Known for cranking out low-price vaccines that protect against polio, tetanus, and measles — often for less than $1 a dose — SII comes riding on the promise of a billion Covid shots.
 
Founded by industrialist Cyrus Poonawalla six decades ago with an investment of $12,000, what started with the production of tetanus anti-toxin in 1967