Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla said vaccine makers need to focus on their work
New Delhi:
The chief of the world s largest vaccine maker has asked the government to indemnify manufacturers against lawsuits. Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla has asked the government to protect vaccine-makers from frivolous lawsuits as the company prepares to roll out vaccines to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
Mr Poonawalla s comment comes weeks after a volunteer in Chennai alleged he suffered adverse effects from the Oxford vaccine trials. The Serum Institute of India (SII) defended a legal notice it had sent to the volunteer, saying it wanted to safeguard the reputation of the company which is being unfairly maligned.
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