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India approves $610 million grant for Serum Institute, Bharat Biotech to boost vaccine production capacity
expresspharma
April 21, 2021
India’s government has approved a 45.67-billion-rupee ($610 million) grant for COVID-19 vaccine makers Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech to boost production capacity as infections spread at record speed, its finance minister said.
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Bharat Biotech announces COVAXIN capacity expansion
expresspharma
April 21, 2021
Bharat Biotech has partnered with Indian Immunologicals (IIL) to manufacture the drug substance for COVAXIN.
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Haffkine Bio-Pharma to target 22.8 crore Covaxin vials annually
expresspharma
April 19, 2021
After receiving permission to make Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin, Haffkine Bio-Pharmaceutical said it would take least at one year’s time for the company to start actual production.
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PSUs roped in to ramp up COVID-19 vaccine production
expresspharma
April 19, 2021
The production of indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin will be ramped up significantly and increased to 10 crore doses per month by September, the Department of Biotechnology said.
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Manufacture of Indian vaccine in Russia cannot be ruled out: Russian Foreign Minister
expresspharma
April 08, 2021
The RDIF has signed contracts with several Indian contractors to manufacture the Sputnik V vaccine to the tune of 700-750 million doses.
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DCGI expert committee allows clinical trials for third dose of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin
expresspharma
April 06, 2021
The expert panel of DCGI has permitted Bharat Biotech to give a third dose of Covaxin to a few volunteers in its clinical trials of the COVID-19 vaccine, sources said.
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Anvisa says Covaxin producing facility does not meet CGMP standards
expresspharma
April 01, 2021
The Brazilian health regulator Anvisa has denied permission to import Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin into the country after its authorities found that the plant in which the vaccine is being made did not meet the Current Good Manufacturing ...
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Interval between two doses of COVISHIELD increased to 4-8 weeks
expresspharma
March 23, 2021
Protection enhanced if the second dose of COVISHIELD is administered between 6-8 weeks, says NTAGI and NEGVAC.
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Bharat Biotech announces Phase 3 results of COVAXIN®: India's first COVID-19 vaccine demonstrates interim clinical efficacy of 81%
worldpharmanews
March 22, 2021
Bharat Biotech, a global leader in vaccine innovation, developing vaccines for infectious diseases, announced the first interim analysis of its BBV152 (COVAXIN®).
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Maha wants to manufacture Covaxin at Haffkine: Rajesh Tope
expresspharma
March 19, 2021
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said the state government wants to manufacture the Covaxin vaccine against COVID-19 at Mumbai’s Haffkine Institute.