Serum Institute may apply to sell Covid-19 vaccine Covishield commercially

No Covid vaccine in the world has marketing authorisation allowing sales in private market

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Coronavirus Vaccine | Serum Institute of India | India vaccination

Sohini Das  |  Mumbai 

The Serum Institute of India (SII) may apply for ‘marketing authorisation’ for the Covid vaccine Covishield from the Indian drug regulator by the end of April, which will allow it to sell the vaccine commercially. Covishield has been developed by the British-Swedish firm AstraZeneca and Oxford University.

The SII manufactures it at its Pune plant. Its current licence for making Covishield is a ‘restricted emergency-use’ authorisation because of the urgency posed by the pandemic. So far, no Covid vaccine in the world has a marketing authorisation allowing ...

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First Published: Mon, April 05 2021. 06:10 IST
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