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Economic Times | 07 Dec, 2020 | 07.31AM IST
Coronavirus Live Updates: Experts to consider Pfizer’s India application this week
A committee of experts is likely to meet this week to consider Pfizer Inc’s application seeking emergency use authorisation for its Covid vaccine in India, which the US drug maker said would only be supplied through government contracts during the pandemic phase.
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