CEO of Pune’s Serum Institute Adar Poonawala has said that if the trial is successful, then this vaccine can come by September or October this year and can be available for Rs 1000. Poonawala said that he would take the risk and try to produce it before the advance testing of Corona vaccine.
- Serum Institute of Pune engaged in making Corona vaccine
- Vaccine can come till September-October this year
- After getting ready, vaccine will be available for 1000 rupees
Adar Poonawala, CEO of Serum Institute, Pune, who is engaged in preparing Corona vaccine in India, has said that if the trial is successful, then this vaccine can come by September or October this year and can be available for Rs 1000.
Poonawala gave this information in a special interview given to our associate publication Business Today. Poonawala said that he would take the risk and try to produce it before the advance testing of the corona vaccine and if it is ready, then it will cost Rs 1,000 per vaccine.
He said that its production can start from the end of next month and if the test is successful, then it will be made available in the market by September-October.
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What did the CEO say
He said that clinical trials of vaccines have been announced in the UK, but we have taken the initiative of production. If the test is successful, we will prepare the first batch of vaccine by September or October this year. We have decided to start production in advance so that after the trial is successful, we can make it available immediately. We will also do a human trial in May.
He said, ‘Our centers are ready to make Kovid-19 vaccine and we have put them completely in the work of making vaccines. We have invested 500-600 crores in our factory in Pune. Apart from this, in the next 2-3 years, we will set up a new factory to make Kovid-19 vaccine completely.
When and how much will be produced
On the question of when will the production of this vaccine begin, Poonawalla said, “Our current units will start production in the next three weeks.” We will make 40 to 50 lakh doses every month. After this, production will be increased to 1 crore every month. By September-October, production can reach 4 crore every month. Later we will export it to other countries also.
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Pune’s company
This institute was established by Poonawala in 1966. It is the world’s largest vaccine-making company that produces 1.5 billion doses every year and 65 percent of the world’s children have been vaccinated by this company. Significantly, apart from serum, Kodagenics is also engaged in making the vaccine for Corona, Oxford University of UK and US biotech company.
Significantly, in India and the world, Corona’s havoc is not taking the name of the end, it is very important to bring its vaccine. The number of corona patients in the country has reached close to 30 thousand. According to Health Department data, 1674 new cases have been reported in the last 24 hours. Now the total number of patients in the country is 29 thousand 974. A total of 937 have died so far. At the same time, more than 7 thousand patients have been successfully treated. The pace of corona infection is fast in Maharashtra and Gujarat.
