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The media and opposition figures have justifiably asked why Bharat Biotech's candidate was approved at the same time as AstraZeneca's, when it hasn't even finished or published results from Stage III
Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day
I would go for Bharat Biotech's Covaxin and not Covishield, and that is my personal judgment, the former head of Centre for Advanced Research in Virology at ICMR says
Krishna Ella turns the tables on critics, questions approval granted to Oxford-Astra vaccine
Approval to Covaxin raises many questions
The hasty nod for Bharat Biotech's Covaxin, developed in collaboration with the ICMR and National Institute of Virology, has raised eyebrows in the scientific and healthcare communities
Lauding the people behind this Made in India initiative, Modi said: "The country is proud of the contributions of its scientists and technicians."
The vaccine candidate, Covaxin, received emergency use approval from India's drugs regulator on Sunday
Questions were raised by industry experts and opposition parties on the emergency approval to its coronavirus vaccine without publication of efficacy data
Bharat Biotech on Monday said the firm is setting up four vaccine manufacturing facilities with a combined capacity of 700 million doses per annum
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Health Minister Harsh Vardhan termed it a 'watershed moment in India's battle against Covid-19'
First a scientist and then a businessman, founder chairman Krishna Ella quit his faculty position at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, United States, in 1996 to return to India
While the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine made by Serum Institute here has 70.42% efficacy, Bharat Biotech's still does not have efficacy data as trials are underway in India
Bharat Biotech's Covaxin is based on a whole inactivated virus platform, an old technology which is used to make vaccines given to infants
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Sunday said data generated through pre-clinical studies and various phases of clinical trial shows Covaxin is 'safe'
With the government approving two Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use, Serum Institute said it is ready to roll out Covishield vaccine in India in the coming weeks
"Congress and the Opposition is not proud of anything Indian. They should introspect about how their lies on the Covid-19 vaccine will be used by vested interest groups for their own agendas," he said
Some Congress leaders raised serious concern over the grant of approval to Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine for restricted use, saying it is "premature" and can prove dangerous