Hyd's Virchow Biotech to make 200 million doses of Sputnik V

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New Delhi:
Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Hyderabad-based Virchow Biotech on Monday announced an agreement to produce up to 200 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine in India.

The technology transfer is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2021 followed by full-scale commercial production of Sputnik V, RDIF and Virchow Biotech said in a joint statement.

Virchow Biotech capacities will help facilitate the global supply of Sputnik V to international partners of RDIF, it added.

"The agreement with Virchow Biotech is an important step to facilitate the full-scale local production of the vaccine in India and to supply our international partners globally," RDIF CEO Kirill Dmitriev said.


According to the statement, the efficacy of Sputnik V is 91.6 per cent as confirmed by the data published in the Lancet.



"We are glad to sign a cooperation agreement with RDIF to produce the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. Virchow's proven capabilities in large scale drug substance manufacturing should help meet the global demand for this vaccine", Virchow Biotech MD Tummuru Murali said.

CommentsOn March 19, RDIF and India's Stelis Biopharma said they have partnered to produce and supply a minimum of 200 million doses of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine.

Hyderabad-Based Virchow Biotech To Produce Sputnik V Vaccine In India

Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Hyderabad-based Virchow Biotech on Monday announced an agreement to produce up to 200 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine in India.

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[Kyusuibu Honbu]

Finally happening

Any data on effectiveness of Sputnik V against Brazil and South African variants

 

[Capt. Karnage]

A major proportion of the covid vaccines will go waste as people won't take them for they now know that covid is nothing more than a hoax by government and mass media.

 

[Juggernaut_Flat_Plane_V8]

A major proportion of the covid vaccines will go waste as people won't take them for they now know that covid is nothing more than a hoax by government and mass media.

Best is to get vaccinated after the first year of vaccine production..It's like how the first year of production of any car model has so much defects...factory gets feedback and then iron them out....

 

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WOW the AZ vaccine must have cause a lot of blood clots if they are going to use Sputnik