Serum Institute of India stopped Covishield production in December 2021: Adar Poonawalla
PUNE: Chief Executive Officer of Serum Institute of India (SII), Adar Poonawalla, on Thursday said the vaccine manufacturer stopped the production of the Covishield vaccine starting December 2021, and of the total stock available at that time, around 100 million doses had already got expired. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the annual general […]
Narendra Modi government, Adar Poonawalla refute reports about no Covid-19 vaccine orders
NEW DELHI: Debunking news reports that India has not placed fresh orders for Covid vaccines with the Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat BioTech since March, the Union government on Monday said such reports are completely incorrect and are not based on facts. The media reports suggested that the last order placed with the […]
Getting aggressive calls from powerful Indians: Adar Poonawalla on Covid-19 vaccine pressure
NEW DELHI: Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla on Saturday spoke out about the pressures he was under over the production of COVID-19 vaccines to meet the ever-increasing demand in India as the country battles through a devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. In his first comments since he was provided with […]
Serum CEO Adar Poonawalla to get ‘Y’ category security cover: MHA
NEW DELHI: Serum Institute of India’s CEO Adar Poonawalla will get ‘Y’ category security across India by the CRPF, the Union government officials said on Wednesday. The Union government’s decision came after Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs at Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), Prakash Kumar Singh hadwritten to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on […]
Serum Institute of India require around Rs 3,000 crore to ramp up vaccine production: Adar Poonawalla
NEW DELHI: Serum Institute of India (SII) would require around Rs 3,000 crore to ramp up production capacity for making vaccines for Covid-19, its CEO Adar Poonawalla said on Tuesday. “We need roughly Rs 3,000 crores which is not a small figure considering we have already spent thousands of crores. We have to find other […]
‘Covishield’ vaccine ready to roll out in coming weeks: Adar Poonawalla
NEW DELHI: Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla on Sunday said the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covishield’ is ready to roll out in the coming weeks. Poonawalla’s remarks came soon after after India’s drugs regulator approved Covishield for restricted emergency use. “Happy new year, everyone! All the risks @SerumInstIndia took with stockpiling the vaccine, have […]
Narendra Modi government must indemnify vaccine makers against all lawsuits: Adar Poonawalla
NEW DELHI: Vaccine manufacturers need to have protection against all lawsuits for their vaccines especially during a pandemic, Serum Institute of India (SII) Chief Executive Officer Adar Poonawalla has said. He also said that the vaccine makers are going to propose this to the government, while speaking at a virtual panel on the challenges of […]