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All India People’s Science Network condemns the “hasty regulatory approval”
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All India People’s Science Network condemns the “hasty regulatory approval”
Joining the criticism of the government’s green light to COVID-19 vaccines, the All India People’s Science Network (AIPSN), a federation of popular science movements across the country, condemned the “hasty regulatory approval.”
In a statement, the AIPSN said that while it lauded the efforts of Indian scientists in developing indigenous vaccines in less than a year, the government and the Central Drugs and Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO) had “.. seriously damaged these hopes, and also undermined confidence in Covaxin and other vaccines against Covid-19, in particular concerning Covaxin, due to lack of evidence and unsatisfactory scientific basis, non-transparency and concerns around possible political pressure..