A day before India’s mega booster-dose drive, Bharat Biotech, SII slash Covaxin, Covishield prices — Details here

A day before India’s mega booster-dose drive, Bharat Biotech, SII slash Covaxin, Covishield prices — Details here

Serum Institute of India has cut the price of the Covishield precaution (booster) dose at private hospitals by more than half, a day before booster shots become available to all Indian adults, CEO Adar Poonawalla announced. The price of a single dose has been slashed to Rs 225 from Rs 600 earlier. The decision was … Read more

COVID-19: WHO issues emergency-use listing for by Serum Institute of India’s Covovax

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Adar Poonawalla, the CEO of Serum Institute of India (SII), hailed WHO’s decision as “yet another milestone” in the fight against COVID-19. The World Health Organisation on Friday issued emergency use listing for anti-Covid vaccine Covovax produced by Serum Institute of India under licence from Novavax, expanding the basket of jabs validated by the global … Read more

Covid-19: Why technical advisory panel wants booster dose to be different than first two vaccines

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If and when the recommendation for a booster is made, beneficiaries vaccinated with Covishield, Sputnik V, and are likely to have multiple options. (File) A Covid-19 booster dose, when administered, should be of a vaccine based on a different platform than the first two doses, according to preliminary consensus reached by India’s top technical advisory … Read more