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Two vaccines, Merck drug cleared for emergency use amid Omicron rise

150 mn doses of Corbevax, Covovax expected monthly from March

Adar Poonawalla picks up 20% stake in social media platform Wakau

Wakau offers a combination of mobile-first screen experience and short video content in entertainment and fashion domains

Billionaire Poonawalla family pledges $66 mn to Oxford for research campus

The pledge builds on the collaboration between Oxford University, AstraZeneca and SII, the world's largest maker of vaccines

Serum hopes to launch Novavax Covid vaccine for children in 6 months: CEO

The vaccine, called Covovax, has shown good results in trials in children aged three and older.

Serum Institute urges govt to speed up movement of rising Covishield stock

Serum Institute of India has urged the government to fast-track Covishield movement citing the difficulties being faced in production and cold chain space planning for other vaccines

Serum Institute to invest $68 mn in UK vaccine-maker Oxford Biomedica

British cell therapy firm makes announcement.

Covid-19 vax export curbs may ease in two months: Adar Poonawalla

Poonawalla said easing the export restrictions is a government of India's decision, and he will go by what the Centre feels is appropriate

Biocon Biologics to offer 15% stake to Serum Institute Life Sciences

Biocon Biologics, a subsidiary of Biocon, on Thursday said it will offer around 15 per cent stake to Serum Institute Life Sciences at a post-money valuation of about $4.9 billion

Serum Institute to start production of Sputnik vaccine in September

Serum Institute of India (SII) will start production of Sputnik vaccine at the company's facilities in September, Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said on Tuesday.

Serum Institute starts Covovax production; govt expects 200 mn doses by Dec

India will allow entry of this vaccine once the USFDA approves it

Serum Institute disassociates from executive's remarks on Covid vaccination

Serum Institute has disassociated itself from its executive director's statement that govt began the Covid vaccination of multiple age groups without taking into consideration the available stock

May start vaccine exports by year end, India remains priority: Serum

Company says it never exported vaccines at the cost of the people of India

Who destroyed India's vaccine self-sufficiency?

India's self-sufficiency in vaccine production was destroyed one and half decades ago under the UPA-I government, by moving vaccine manufacture and government procurement to the private sector

Delhi govt urges Serum Institute to 'come to rescue' and provide Covishield

To this, the SII said they are doing their best to meet countrywide vaccine requirements.

Serum Institute plans to start vaccine production outside India: Report

Adar Poonawalla said last week that the Serum Institute would be able to raise its monthly output to 100 million doses by July

In a nation of inequalities, India's vaccine strategy is bad economics

Free, universal access to inoculation could prepare India better for a third Covid-19 resurgence.

US says it's 'working nonstop' to deliver supplies India needs for Covid-19

'We have always stood in solidarity with our friends and our partners in India,' says State Department.

Coronavirus LIVE: UK dispatches 'life-saving' medical equipment to India

Coronavirus live updates: Bharat Biotech sets price for its Covaxin vaccine; Serum Institute defends the cost of its Covishield shot in the market.

White House 'no comment' on Serum appeal to lift ban on vaccine ingredients

Serum Institute says Biden administration is blocking exports of raw materials that it needs to make Covid-19 vaccines.

India's Covid crisis stems from arrogance, hyper-nationalism, incompetence

Regulatory uncertainty, bullying, and contempt for legitimate profit-making is familiar to every entrepreneur in India.