Covid-19 News
3 May, 2022
Covovax now available for children in India', says Adar Poonawalla
Children aged 12 to 17 years in India can now get the Serum Institute of India's (SII) Covid-19 vaccine Covovax
30 June, 2021
India Global Forum: Global Health - Delivering Radical Outcomes
In conversation with Adar Poonawalla, CEO, Serum Institute of India
16 January, 2021
Serum Institute Chief Adar Poonawalla takes Covid Vaccine
"I wish India & Sri Narendra Modi Ji great success in launching the world’s largest COVID vaccination roll-out.
15 January, 2021
Inside Serum Institute - India's Covid Vaccine Hub: NDTV Exclusive
NDTV takes you inside Serum Institute of India where the Covishield vaccine is being manufactured.
03 January, 2021
'Risks Taken Have Paid Off': Serum Institute Ready to Sell Oxford Vaccine for Rs 200 to Govt, Rs 1,000 to Public
Stressing that Oxford University-AstraZeneca shots are 'safe and effective'...
19 November, 2020
SII’s Adar Poonawalla on Covid vaccine, pricing and rollout at Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2020
The opening session of the 18th edition of the Hindustan Times Leadership
28 October, 2020
Adar Poonawalla speaks to NDTV about the coronavirus vaccine
Adar Poonawalla, CEO of Serum Institute of India in an exclusive interview with NDTV's Vishnu Som
8 September, 2020
Looking forward to the Oxford covid vaccine: Serum Institute CEO
The Oxford University-AstraZeneca covid vaccine is now undergoing Phase III clinical trials in Britain, Brazil, South Africa and India.
11 August, 2020
The World’s Best Hope for Enough Covid-19 Vaccine Comes from India
The Serum Institute of India is preparing to crank out a billion doses. And that's just the beginning.
22 July, 2020
50% of our Covid vaccines will be for India, people won't have to buy them, govts will pay: Adar Poonawalla
Adar Poonawalla said if the vaccine trials go fine and the results are favourable, Serum Institute of India will be manufacturing read more...
21 July, 2020
Adar Poonawalla on Oxford Hope: 300 Million Doses of 'Covishield' Coronavirus Vaccine by December
Adar Poonawalla of the Serum Institute says that after the optimistic findings of the early phase of the Oxford Vaccine Trial, View...
18 July, 2020
Serum Institute of India CEO: ‘We plan to make millions of doses of Covid vaccine over three months’:’
Serum Institute CEO Adar Poonawalla speaks to The Indian Express about their efforts to develop Covid-19 vaccines read more...
10 June, 2020
Serum Institute investing USD 100 million on potential COVID-19 vaccine
"Our manufacturing facility is ready and we plan to start production in two months. We are spending more than USD 100 million read more...
4 June, 2020
Global Vaccine Summit 2020
Virtual Global Vaccine Summit, hosted by the UK government, to mobilise at least US$ 7.4 billion for Gavi’s mission to protect the next generation with vaccines, View...
4 June, 2020
Adar Poonawalla's vaccine: No shot in the dark
Adar Poonawalla inside a vaccine-making unit at the Serum Institute where the experimental Covid-19 vaccine will be manufactured read more...
22 May, 2020
Ignore hype and euphoria over any Covid vaccine news for next 2-3 months: Adar Poonawalla
Bengaluru/New Delhi: There have been several micro developments in vaccine testing around the world for Covid-19, read more...
2 April, 2020
Serum Institute to go for human trials for COVID-19 vaccine by year-end, says Adar Poonawala
As governments race to get a handle on the spread of the coronavirus and cure the affected people, the medical read more...
7 April, 2020
Covid-19 vaccine possible by Q2 of 2022: Adar Poonawalla
India may get a viable Covid-19 vaccine by the second quarter of 2022, ahead of the original estimated timeline of late 2022, read more...
2 April, 2020
Mylab partners with SII’s Poonawalla, APG’s Pawar to scale-up production of Covid-19 test kits
New Delhi: Pune-based molecular diagnostics company Mylab Discovery Solutions Pvt Ltd has partnered with Serum Institute read more...
2 April, 2020
COVID-19 Test Kits in India May See 13x Increase as Serum Institute Invests in MyLab
MyLab Laboratories, the biotechnology company that received government approval to produce COVID-19 test kits read more...
29 March, 2020
Covid-19 vaccine will be the first of its kind to be made in India
Pune-based Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, has collaborated with two American companies read more...
20 March, 2020
‘Should Get Vaccine Out In 2 Years': Adar Poonawalla
As the government's response and public concern over the coronavirus is increasing, the medical community is looking View...
20 March, 2020
"More could die from Bankruptcy if we tread on livelihoods"- Adar Poonawalla on Hunt for a vaccine
India is now in a 21 day lockdown. But there are concerns about what happens next. A fiscal package will need to be a priority. View...
7 March, 2020
Vaccine for COVID-19 Won’t Be Ready Before 2022, Says World’s Largest Vaccine Producer
Serum Institute of India, world’s largest vaccine producer by number of doses produced, headquartered in Pune, read more...
19 Feb, 2020
Serum Institute to be ready with coronavirus vaccine by 2022
SII announced that a vaccine candidate for the novel coronavirus, which has killed more than 2,000 people in China read more...