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‘Bharat Bio to produce 10 mn doses of nasal covid vaccine’

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Edited excerpts: Following a surge in fresh covid vases, the Centre has urged people to complete their vaccination if not done?

What is your thought? As an advocate of public health, we support the government’s recommendations on vaccinations and urge those who have not yet been vaccinated to get vaccinated. What are you doing in-terms of ramping up production of covid-19 vaccines?

Is there any plan to initiate vaccine production? Bharat Biotech produced more than 600 million doses of Covaxin, but due to lack of demand in 2022-2023, we destroyed tens of millions of doses, and incurred great financial losses.

We have more than 200 million doses of bulk drug substance that can be filled and supplied as required. For INCOVACC, our plan is to manufacture approximately 10 million doses, and maintain it as an antigen bank that can be deployed as required.

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