A total quantum of more than 4.39 crore doses was also available for direct procurement by the states as well as private hospitals in the month of May 2021
The company is working closely with its six manufacturing partners in India
The additional allocation of Tocilizumab will ensure sufficient availability for COVID-19 patients and augment the government’s efforts to fight the pandemic
State governments and UTs have been asked to monitor proper distribution within the state/UT covering government and private hospitals
This Emergency Use Authorisation will now enable Roche to import the globally manufactured product batches to India
Seven manufacturers of Remdesivir have increased production capacity to 1.03 crore vials per month up from 38 lakh vials per month a month ago
As of 2nd May 2021, the Government has provided more 16.54 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses to States/UTs free of cost
Riding COVID-19 wave, Indian vaccine industry set to be Rs. 700 billion strong
The production capacity is now ramped up to 90 lakh vials per month whereas earlier it was 40 lakh vials/month
Apart from the above, it was also decided that Basic Customs Duty on import of COVID-19 vaccines be also exempted with immediate effect for a period of 3 months
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