Moderna s single-dose Covid-19 vaccine in India likely in 2022; Pfizer ready with 5 cr doses for 202
Moderna s single-dose Covid-19 vaccine in India likely in 2022; Pfizer ready with 5 cr doses for 2021
Moderna is in talks with Cipla and other Indian pharma firms to launch its single-dose Covid-19 vaccine in India by next year. Meanwhile, Pfizer has reportedly indicated that it can provide 5 crore doses of its vaccine this year itself.
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UPDATED: May 25, 2021 22:12 IST
Two rounds of high-level meetings chaired by the Cabinet Secretary were held last week on the availability of Covid-19 vaccines in the global as well as domestic markets. (Photo: PTI)
›Moderna s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine in India likely next year; Pfizer ready with 5 crore doses for 2021
Moderna s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine in India likely next year; Pfizer ready with 5 crore doses for 2021
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Moderna s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine in India likely next year; Pfizer ready with 5 crore doses for 2021PTI
Last Updated: May 25, 2021, 08:40 PM IST
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Two rounds of high-level meetings chaired by the Cabinet Secretary were held last week on the availability of vaccines in the global as well as domestic markets as it was felt that there is an urgent need to procure the jabs at a time the country is reeling under an unprecedented second wave of COVID-19 and a widening gap between supply and requirement.
Moderna has said doesn t have surplus COVID-19 vaccines to share in 2021. (File)
New Delhi:
Moderna is expecting to launch a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine in India next year and is in talks with Cipla among other Indian firms, while another US giant Pfizer is ready to offer 5 crore shots in 2021 itself but it wants significant regulatory relaxations including indemnification, sources said on Tuesday.
While Moderna has conveyed to Indian authorities that it does not have surplus vaccines to share in 2021, there are limited prospects of Johnson & Johnson exporting its jabs from the US to other countries in the near future, the sources privy to discussions added.
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India s Covid curve continued to remain below the three lakh mark for the sixth consecutive day, with 2.57 lakh new cases recorded in a single day, the Union health ministry said on Saturday.
Here are the top developments of the day:
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