Daniel B Smith, the Charge D’Affaires of the US embassy, said on Tuesday that the USA is looking for joint production of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine in India and is also trying to figure out ways to boost manufacturing of the vaccines by vaccine producers like the Serum Institute of India (SII). In an announcement last month, the White…
Novavax, a biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases has announced that it has finalized an advance purchase agreement (APA) with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) for the supply of its recombinant protein-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate to the COVAX Facility. Under the APA, Novavax is expected to manufacture and distribute 350 million doses…
Pune-based vaccine manufacturer, Serum Institute of India has announced the launch of India’s first indigenously developed pneumococcal vaccine – PNEUMOSIL®. The launch of the vaccine took place in the presence of Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Health and Family Welfare today. PNEUMOSIL® has been developed through a collaboration spanning over a decade among Serum Institute…