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Adar Poonawalla

Adar Poonawalla

On February 15, the World Health Organisation (WHO) listed two versions of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving the green light for these vaccines to be rolled out globally through COVAX. (Photo: Serum Institute of India)

Poonawalla urges countries to be patient as Serum directed to prioritise India

The vaccines are produced by AstraZeneca-SKBio (Republic of Korea) and the Serum Institute of India

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The most important task before them, they said, was to save the lives and livelihood of the people. (PTI)

Joint push by Serum Institute, Bharat Biotech to assure people on vaccine efficacy

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Adar Poonawalla CEO, Serum Institute of India, Pune

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All eyes on the COVID Vaccine makers

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The government is pinning its hopes for mass supply on Serum Institute, which lodged the first formal application for emergency-use approval of AstraZeneca’s shot on Monday. (AFP)

Serum likely to supply COVID-19 vaccine at over Rs 250 per dose to Indian government

Poonawalla had said Serum will first focus on supplying the vaccine to Indians before distributing it to other countries

08 Dec 2020 11:43 AM

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