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Vaccine for Covid-19 will take long time to be ready: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

The quickest for any vaccine to be prepared is not less than four years, says Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Biocon
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Healthcare is a capital intensive sector, it is a skill intensive sector, it is a employment generation sector, she added

BS Web TeamPTI New Delhi

Countries must increase their healthcare spending as a vaccine for the coronavirus disease Covid-19 will "take a very long time" to be ready, said Biocon executive chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw said on Saturday.

She was speaking in a webinar on 'Pharma and Healthcare's New Normal: Engaging With Customers in Uncertain Times; Business Model Post-Covid-19', organised by CorpGini.

"...We believe that it will take a very long time before you can actually have a safe vaccine that can be accessible to the entire country. We must understand that vaccine development is a very complex process. Shortest time taken for any vaccine is not less