SII is working on an Omicron-specific vaccine, may launch it by the end of this year: ReportSII Chief Executive Officer Adar Poonawalla told NDTV that the vaccine is being developed in collaboration with Novavax. Poonawalla further...
15 Aug, 2022, 08.25 PM IST
Vaccine giant Serum Institute of India plans African plant in global expansionSII Chief Executive Adar Poonawalla said he was meeting some African officials in Davos to discuss his plans. Asked about possible investme...
23 May, 2022, 11.34 PM IST
Serum likely to start vaccine supplies to Covax this weekIn an interview to ET in October, SII chief executive Adar Poonawalla said that large exports would start from January, whereas small expor...
16 Nov, 2021, 07.11 AM IST
Covovax nod expected by January, data to be submitted soon, says SII ChiefThe drug regulator had earlier asked the company - which had applied for emergency use authorisation (SII) for Covovax in August - to submi...
23 Oct, 2021, 07.38 AM IST
Biocon unit plans 15% stake sale to Serum Institute for access to vaccinesThe deal with Serum Institute Life Sciences values Biocon Biologics at about $4.9 billion and will solely focus on COVID-19 vaccines in the...
17 Sep, 2021, 03.56 PM IST
Serum Institute confident of European drug regulator nod for Covishield in a monthPoonawalla said SII has applied to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) through AstraZeneca. "The process has to take its time. An approval ...
01 Jul, 2021, 07.44 AM IST
Covishield price for states slashed from Rs 400 to Rs 300 per dose: Adar PoonawallaThe SII, which is India's largest vaccine manufacturer, had earlier priced Covishield at Rs 400 per dose for the state governments and Rs 6...
28 Apr, 2021, 07.48 PM IST
What price your vaccine? SII says India private price among cheapestBharat Biotech on Saturday said it has priced Covaxin at ₹1,200 ($16) for the private market, while the Russian Development Investment Fund...
25 Apr, 2021, 04.34 PM IST
COVAX says India's Serum Institute bound to supply virus vaccinesIndia, where infections have surged to 13.06 million, suspended all major exports of vaccines last month to fill demand at home, forcing th...
09 Apr, 2021, 01.39 PM IST
SII fails to deliver, New Delhi’s vaccine diplomacy hits hurdleSII chief Adar Poonawalla wrote to Brazil, Morocco and Saudi Arabia that there would be an unspecified delay in sending vaccines that have ...
21 Mar, 2021, 07.39 AM IST
India's Serum Institute delays vaccines for private sale in Bangladesh; focus on state campaignsAstraZeneca has been embroiled in a dispute in Europe after it said it would have to cut supplies of its vaccine there in the first quarter.
04 Feb, 2021, 03.52 PM IST
Saudi Arabia to get three million AstraZeneca shots in a week from India's Serum InstituteSII, the world's biggest vaccine manufacturer, has partnered with AstraZeneca, the Gates Foundation and the Gavi vaccine alliance to make u...
26 Jan, 2021, 09.48 AM IST
Fire at Serum Institute of India: Production of BCG, Rotavirus vaccines impactedApart from financial loss, the mishap will impact the production of BCG and Rotavirus vaccines, the company said in a statement.
23 Jan, 2021, 07.20 AM IST
Serum pegs losses due to fire at over Rs 1,000 crore; Maha CM says probe in blaze onThe chief minister visited the SII on Friday to take stock of the damages. He later addressed a press conference, where Adar Poonawalla, Ch...
22 Jan, 2021, 09.05 PM IST
5 dead in Serum Institute fire; Covishield facility unaffectedThe building where the fire broke out is part of the under-construction site of the Serum facility and is one km from the Covishield manufa...
22 Jan, 2021, 06.48 AM IST
Centre may purchase 300-400 million Covishield doses by July 2021: Adar PoonawallaSII has partnered with global pharma giant AstraZeneca and Oxford University for the vaccine candidate 'Covidshield'. "As of now we don't h...
28 Nov, 2020, 09.09 PM IST
Serum says made 40 mn doses of AstraZeneca's COVID vaccine, to make Novavax shot soonSerum said it has enrolled 1,600 participants in India for late-stage trials of AstraZeneca's candidate, and also plans to seek regulatory ...
13 Nov, 2020, 08.12 AM IST