Govt Must Protect Vaccine Makers Against Lawsuits, Frivolous Claims Invite Skepticism: Adar Poonawalla
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Vaccine manufacturers need to have protection against all lawsuits for their vaccines especially during a pandemic, Serum Institute of India (SII) Chief Executive Officer Adar Poonawalla has said. He also said that the vaccine makers are going to propose this to the government, while speaking at a virtual panel on the challenges of developing a COVID-19 vaccine at the Carnegie India s Global Technology Summit on Friday. We need to have the government indemnify manufacturers, especially vaccine manufacturers, against all lawsuits. In fact, COVAX and other countries have already started talking about that, Poonawalla said. It is because when frivolous claims come up, and something is blown out of proportion in the media, skepticism sets in that definitely something can happen due to the vaccine and to dispel that, the government needs to step in to spread the righ
Poonawala Wants Legal Shield For Vaccine Makers Against Lawsuits We need to have the government indemnify manufacturers, especially vaccine manufacturers, against all lawsuits, Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla said.
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Vaccine manufacturers need to be granted protection against all forms of lawsuits for their vaccines especially during a pandemic, Serum Institute of India (SII) Chief Executive Officer Adar Poonawalla said.
He also said that the vaccine makers are going to propose this idea to the government, while speaking at a virtual panel on the challenges of developing a Covid-19 vaccine at the Carnegie India s Global Technology Summit on Friday.
Govt must protect vaccine makers against lawsuits: Adar Poonawalla
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Published: Saturday, December 19, 2020, 18:00 [IST]
New Delhi, Dec 19: Vaccine manufacturers need to have protection against all lawsuits for their vaccines especially during a pandemic, Serum Institute of India (SII) Chief Executive Officer Adar Poonawalla has said.
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He also said that the vaccine makers are going to propose this to the government, while speaking at a virtual panel on the challenges of developing a COVID-19 vaccine at the Carnegie India s Global Technology Summit on Friday. We need to have the government indemnify manufacturers, especially vaccine manufacturers, against all lawsuits. In fact, COVAX and other countries have already started talking about that, Poonawalla said.
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