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Sohini Das writes on automobile and healthcare sectors for Business Standard. Over her 17 years as a journalist, she has covered multiple sectors and issues -- FMCG, dairy, tourism, and state elections, among others, across Kolkata, Ahmedabad, and Mumbai. She loves doing personality stories and ground reportage.
Sohini Das writes on automobile and healthcare sectors for Business Standard. Over her 17 years as a journalist, she has covered multiple sectors and issues -- FMCG, dairy, tourism, and state elections, among others, across Kolkata, Ahmedabad, and Mumbai. She loves doing personality stories and ground reportage.
These are the prices for institutional sales, and not the maximum retail price, which will be announced later.
The company is conducting phase 3 efficacy trials on a three-dose regimen of its DNA plasmid technology-based Covid-19 vaccine, which is in its last leg
The B.1.617 or 'double mutant' Indian variant carries two mutations, including the L452R and E484Q
The Bharat Biotech candidate has also shown 70 per cent efficacy against asymptomatic infections, suggesting that it prevents transmission
Could be priced at Rs 600-650/dose for institutional sales
"He has asked the industry to prioritise deliveries to meet the country's needs first and then focus on global supplies," said a person in the know, who did not wish to be named.
Firms work to secure raw material locally as imports remain a challenge
Govt okays Rs 4,500 cr upfront payment for 300 mn doses
With the launch, the company has become the first Indian and second global firm to develop the drug, which is a generic version of Abbott's Duphaston
18 new sites get DCGI consent to make antiviral used for treating Covid-19
Of this list, Sputnik V is already approved in India and Sinovac is unlikely to come in as it does not meet the aforementioned criteria
Poonawalla had said earlier that US curbs were hampering scale-up of Novavax vaccine at Pune. Serum has collaborated with Novavax of US to make its vaccine here and supply to Covax at $3 a shot
Bharat Biotech and 3 PSEs to ramp up Covaxin production capacity
Pfizer CEO has said a 3rd booster shot likely within a year of vaccination
Oxygen makers flag concern over shortage of liquid oxygen
Many vaccine makers in talks with govt as India wants a portfolio of products
Now demand is growing almost 100 per cent week-on-week, leading to a testing crisis, said an industry insider.
The vaccine would be transported in frozen form by air and road
Bharat Biotech is trying to ramp up capacities of Covaxin to 12 million doses per month by July, from the current 5 million doses per month
Gennova's Covid vaccine candidate HGCO19 would remain stable at 2 to 8 degree Celsius temperature