Adar Poonawalla

Serum to produce Sputnik V vaccine from September onwards

Newsbred Staff - July 13, 2021

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) announced that the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest vaccine producer, will start producing Sputnik V...

Serum looks for production of Covishield out of India as well

Newsbred Staff - May 1, 2021

As several states in India have run out of vaccines against Covid-19, the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) has decided to begin vaccine...

Threatened by chief ministers, Poonawalla may shift vaccine production to UK

Newsbred Staff - May 1, 2021

Covishield production might be shifted out of India to most probably United Kingdom. The manufacturer Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla told...

Serum reduces price of vaccine as a ‘philanthropic gesture’

Newsbred Staff - April 28, 2021

Serum Institute of India's Covishield will cost states Rs 300 instead of Rs 400, CEO Adar Poonawalla tweeted today, calling it a "philanthropic gesture”. "As a philanthropic...

Why is India exporting vaccines? Why World and not India First?

Ashish Shukla - April 23, 2021

All those who swoon on West pay attention. Think before you praise their leaders and their moral compass. That seductive LivesFirst or #BlackLivesMatter which...

Congress’ fake campaign on variable Covishield pricing: Poonawalla explains

Newsbred Staff - April 22, 2021

Hours after, the Serum Institute of India fixed the rate of Covishield vaccine at Rs 400 to states and at Rs 600 to private...

Centre gives Rs 4,567 crore advance payment to vaccine makers

Newsbred Staff - April 20, 2021

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday approved advance payment of â‚¹4,567.50 crore to boost the capacity of the makers of Covid-19 vaccines in India...

US, Europe has banned materials for vaccines, rues Poonawalla

Newsbred Staff - April 13, 2021

Serum Institute of India (SII) chief executive Adar Poonawalla has revealed that the production of covid vaccination could be seriously affected as the US...

Who did Poonawalla turn to when hit by cash shortfall? Bill Gates of course

Bhumika Arora - November 24, 2020

If developing a Covid-19 vaccine is the most important thing, 39-year old Adar Poonawalla is the most important man in India right now. Serum...

India may get 100 million doses of Oxford vaccine shots by next month: Poonawalla

Bhumika Arora - November 14, 2020

Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) chief Adar Poonawalla on Friday said that India may get 100 million doses of Oxford vaccine shots for...

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