New Delhi, Jan 4: Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has sent the first batch of its COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin, to the government for further distribution in the immunisation drive the country is set to start in coming days, its CMD Dr Krishna Ella said on Monday. “We have already sent the batch to the Central Research Institute in Kasauali,” he said at a press conference.
However, he did not disclose the quantity of vials sent to the government. Ella also did not share information on the order specifying quantity of the doses it received from the government.
The Central Research Institute (CRI), under the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), is the nodal agency to tests the drugs and facilitate in the roll out to the northern part of the country.
Ella also said that the firm has 20 million doses ready and is confident to manufacture 80 million more by July.
Meanwhile, the company is aiming to manufacture 700 million doses of Covaxin in future with four new facilities it is ramping up in south India. “We are preparing three facilities in Hyderabad and one in Bangalore,” he specified. (IANS)
