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Ahead of virtual summit with PM Modi, Boris Johnson has announced one bn pounds of trade deals
British PM s deals include an investment of 240 mn pounds by Serum Institute of India.
New Delhi: Ahead of the virtual summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (May 4, 2021), British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced one billion pounds of trade deals that include an investment of 240 million pounds by the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII).
Boris Johnson said, Like every aspect of the UK-India relationship, the economic links between our countries make our people stronger and safer.
The investment by Serum Institute, according to the UK government, will be into their vaccine business and a new sales office that will generate new business worth one billion pounds.
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No firm commitment on delivery of vax by manufacturers: Rane
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Vishwajit Rane.. Image Source: IANS News
Panaji, May 4 : Very few governments have received firm commitment vis-a-vis delivery of vaccines for the 18-45 age group, Goa s Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said on Tuesday.
Rane did not specify a date by when the vaccination drive in the age bracket of 18-45 years was likely to begin in Goa. CM is pursuing that. Let us see. Order is placed by the government of Goa. Every state government has placed orders, but they have not got any firm commitment, except for a few governments from the respective companies, he said.
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BreakingviewsVaccine prince exposes Indiaâs best and worst
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FILE PHOTO: A health official draws a dose of the AstraZeneca s COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, at Infectious Diseases Hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/File Photo
Adar Poonawalla should be a walking advertisement for Indiaâs pharmaceutical prowess. Instead the billionaire owner and chief executive of the Pune-based Serum Institute, the worldâs largest vaccine maker, has become a symbol of Indiaâs fraught ties with its private sector.
Before Covid-19, Serum wasnât a household name even inside the country. Now the unlisted company is Indiaâs best hope to get out of its Covid-19 crisis. New cases tallied 392,488 in the past 24 hours; in Goa state 40% of tests are returning positive. The manufacturerâs monthly production of up to 70 million doses of Covishield, the local name for AstraZ