by Ammu KANNAMPILLY Agence France Presse PUNE, India (AFP) — The tiny clinking vials supervised by silent PPE-wearing technicians belie the excitement inside the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, the Serum Institute of India, a major player in the fight against coronavirus. The firm, founded in 1966 in the western city of Pune, is producing millions of doses of the Covishield vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, for India and much of the developing world. […]
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Just in: Five dead in India vaccine plant fire: CEO mourns ‘loss of life’
MUMBAI, India (AFP) — Five people died as a fire tore through a building in the world’s biggest vaccine production hub in western India Thursday, officials said. “Five people have died,” Pune city mayor Murlidhar Mohol told reporters following the fire at the Serum Institute of India. Rescue workers discovered five bodies in the under-construction building after the blaze was brought under control, media reports said, but the company insisted its production of drugs to […]
Major fire at Serum Insitute of India vaccine plant but coronavirus drug production goes on
by Ammu KANNAMPILLY Agence France Presse MUMBAI, India (AFP) — Fire tore through part of the world’s biggest vaccine production hub in western India on Thursday, but the company insisted that the production of drugs to counter the coronavirus pandemic was not affected. Serum Institute of India is producing millions of doses of the Covishield coronavirus vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University. TV channels showed thick clouds of grey smoke billowing from the […]
PHL secures 30 million doses of Novovax’s “Covovax” vaccine which don’t require ultra-cold storage
PHL partners with Serum Institute of India which will produce vaccines (Eagle News) — The Philippines has secured 30 million doses of the vaccine, Covovax, which was developed by Novavax Inc, a biotechnology company based in the United States, and is set to be produced by the Serum Institute of India (SII). Palaca spokesperson Harry Roque said that this is second good news that the Philippine government has on the matter of securing COVID-19 […]





