The applications of Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute of India are under consideration, while that of the Indian arm of Pfizer has not yet been taken up.
As Beijing offers its own Sinovac-made vaccine to Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh, India takes steps to have a locally-made vaccine distributed to friendly nations.
3 firms have applied for emergency use approval, but no clarity yet on if people will get to choose a vaccine, or what the state’s role in procurement will be.
Margaret Keenan became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer Covid vaccine outside trial conditions after it got the green light in the UK last week.
The recommendations on granting of authorisation will be made on three parameters — safety, quality and efficacy. The Drug Controller General of India will take the final decision.
After the nod from UK and Bahrain, the firm has sought permission to import the vaccine for sale and distribution besides waiver on clinical trials in India.
BioNTech’s shares have jumped almost 8% this week and are up more than 250% for the year. Sahin is now the 493rd-richest person on the planet with a net worth of $5.1 billion.
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
COMMENTS