If there was ever a measure of progress by a country that has harnessed its science, R&D, human resources of health workers, doctors, nurses and medical staff, it is this milestone.
What makes the achievement more significant in this 75th year of Independence is that almost all these vaccines have been manufactured in India by our scientists in a relatively short span of time.
India has a proven track record of strong pharma and vaccine manufacturing capabilities. The first indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, led by ICMR in collaboration with Bharat Biotech; Serum Institute’s Covishield; Sputnik (in private hospitals), have been rolled out across the country. Zydus Cadila’s ZyCoV-D, the world’s first placid DNA vaccine, has received EUA, and many other candidates from Indian companies are in advanced stages of trials.
This story is from the September 14, 2021 edition of The Times of India Mumbai.
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