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MoS Mandaviya visits SII Pune plant, assures Govt aid in ramping up Covishield production
New Delhi: Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday visited the Pune-based vaccine manufacturing plant of Serum Institute of India (SII).The minister also went to know about the production process as well as reviewed the roll out of the COVID-19 vaccine ''Covishield'' from the facility."Visited @SerumInstIndia in Pune today. Got further acquainted with...
New Delhi: Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday visited the Pune-based vaccine manufacturing plant of Serum Institute of India (SII).
The minister also went to know about the production process as well as reviewed the roll out of the COVID-19 vaccine ''Covishield'' from the facility.
"Visited @SerumInstIndia in Pune today. Got further acquainted with the vaccination production at their plant. Deeply appreciating their exemplary role during the pandemic, I assured them of all Government support in ramping up vaccine production for ensuring #FreeVaccineForAll," Mandaviya tweeted.
Department of Pharmaceuticals Secretary S Aparna also visited the plant along with the minister.
Read also: Submit results on adult trials first: Govt panel to Serum Institute on Covavax trials for children
SII is the world''s largest vaccine manufacturer by number of doses produced and sold globally.
Later in the day, Mandaviya also inaugurated the facility to produce alcoholic hand disinfectant at Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd''s plant at Pimpri, Pune.
Read also: Covishield to get EMA approval in a month: Serum Institute CEO Adar Poonawalla
Ruchika Sharma joined Medical Dialogue as an Desk Editor for the Business Section in 2019. She covers all the updates in the Pharmaceutical field, Policy, Insurance, Business Healthcare, Medical News, Health News, Pharma News, Healthcare and Investment. She has completed her B.Com from Delhi University and then pursued postgraduation in M.Com. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in Contact no. 011-43720751