Serum Institute may double production of AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine in 2022

Expect 200-million AstraZeneca vaccine doses next year

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Serum Institute of India | Coronavirus Vaccine | AstraZeneca

Sohini Das  |  Mumbai 

Serum Institute of India (SII) is likely to double the production of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine from 100 million per month now to 200 million per month next year, said people in the know. Pune-based SII, the world’s largest vaccine maker, now has the capacity to make about 3 billion vaccine doses, Covid and non-Covid, a year.

By the end of 2022, this could be scaled up to over 4 billion annual doses. Speaking at a recent event, Nadhim Zahawi, minister in charge of the UK’s Covid-19 vaccine deployment, said SII would be scaling up its AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine ...

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