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    State-owned BIBCOL set to begin production of Bharat Bio's Covaxin by February 2022

    Synopsis

    The government is now betting on Indian Immunologicals to boost Covaxin production this year as Haffkine Bio-Pharma managing director Sandeep Rathod had earlier estimated a year to start making the vaccine.

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    Bharat Immunologicals and Biologicals Corporation (BIBCOL) - one of three public sector companies roped in to produce Bharat Biotech's Covaxin amid a shortage of Covid-19 vaccine - will start production next year, a top official said.

    "February 2022 is the target date for the trial batch, after which we will apply for regulatory approvals," YK Gupta, chairman of BIBCOL, told ET. "We will start full production of Covaxin thereafter, which will be 10 million doses per month." The other two companies that will help ramp up production capacity of Covaxin are Haffkine Bio-Pharmaceutical Corporation, Mumbai, and Indian Immunologicals (IIL), Hyderabad.

    The government is now betting on Indian Immunologicals to boost Covaxin production this year as Haffkine Bio-Pharma managing director Sandeep Rathod had earlier estimated a year to start making the vaccine.

    "We expect that Indian Immunologicals will start production of Covaxin by the end of this year," a senior government official told ET.

    BIBCOL

    Bharat Biotech has signed a technology transfer pact to enable production of Covaxin shots by these firms. BIBCOL has appointed a consultant for upgrading its facility in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, and civil work is underway, Gupta said. "The upgradation will start soon and by February next year we expect to come out with the first trial batch of the vaccine," he said.


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