Serum Institute, Bharat Biotech ramp up Covid-19 vaccine export plan

Home-grown firms get new orders: 10 million for SII, 4.5 million for Bharat Bio

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Serum Institute | Bharat Biotech | Coronavirus Vaccine

Sohini Das  |  Mumbai 

Vaccine exports get a shot in the arm from global drug demand. Pune’s Serum Institute of India (SII) has shipped 30 million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine to 20 countries.

Bharat Biotech is all set to start exports to countries like Brazil and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by the end of this week. Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech — which developed the indigenous Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin with the Indian Council of Medical Research — is all set to start exporting to Brazil and the UAE from the end of this week. The company had indicated in mid-January that ...

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First Published: Tue, February 09 2021. 06:10 IST
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