India Vaccine Equity

Hailing India for ramping up its COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing at the right time and for ensuring supplies to the rest of the world, leaders at the World Economic Forum on Monday said everyone else needs to follow the Indian model.

India on Thursday said the ongoing global debate on ''vaccine passports'' for international travel needs to be linked to the issue of vaccine equity as many developing countries have not been able to vaccinate a large percentage of their population

India, despite severe constraints and within its own limited resources, has tried to "walk the talk" on vaccine equity and shared COVID-19 vaccines with more than 80 countries, the country told the United Nations.

Lauding India for its vaccine leadership, a top UN Women official has said the country was directly helping to address the issue of vaccine equity while rich nations were "cutting side deals" with pharmaceutical giants to buy more vaccines than they actually need.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's commitment for supporting vaccine equity and sharing COVID-19 vaccines with over 60 countries across the world, hoping that other nations will follow his example.

Serum Institute of India Ltd, Asia's largest vaccine maker, has halted plans to sell a minority stake in the company, as global market volatility has dented the appetite of private equity and sovereign wealth funds for big-ticket investments, its CEO said.

Serum Institute of India Ltd, Asia's largest vaccine maker, is in talks with private equity firms to sell a stake of as much as 10 per cent in the unlisted group, Bloomberg reported on Friday.

Hailing India for ramping up its COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing at the right time and for ensuring supplies to the rest of the world, leaders at the World Economic Forum on Monday said everyone else needs to follow the Indian model.

India on Thursday said the ongoing global debate on ''vaccine passports'' for international travel needs to be linked to the issue of vaccine equity as many developing countries have not been able to vaccinate a large percentage of their population

India, despite severe constraints and within its own limited resources, has tried to "walk the talk" on vaccine equity and shared COVID-19 vaccines with more than 80 countries, the country told the United Nations.

Lauding India for its vaccine leadership, a top UN Women official has said the country was directly helping to address the issue of vaccine equity while rich nations were "cutting side deals" with pharmaceutical giants to buy more vaccines than they actually need.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's commitment for supporting vaccine equity and sharing COVID-19 vaccines with over 60 countries across the world, hoping that other nations will follow his example.

Serum Institute of India Ltd, Asia's largest vaccine maker, has halted plans to sell a minority stake in the company, as global market volatility has dented the appetite of private equity and sovereign wealth funds for big-ticket investments, its CEO said.

Serum Institute of India Ltd, Asia's largest vaccine maker, is in talks with private equity firms to sell a stake of as much as 10 per cent in the unlisted group, Bloomberg reported on Friday.