Vaccine made in India will be available by September, the price will be only 1000 rupees: claim of CEO of Serum Institute

Vaccine made in India will be available by September, the price will be only 1000 rupees: claim of CEO of Serum Institute
CEO of Pune's Serum Institute Adar Poonawala has said that if the trial is successful, then this vaccine can come by September or October this year and can be available for Rs 1000. Poonawala said that he would take the risk and try to produce it before the advance testing of Corona vaccine. 

Pune's Serum Institute Corona can be used to make vaccine till September-October, after vaccination, vaccine will be available for Rs 1000

Adar Poonawala, CEO of Serum Institute, Pune, who is engaged in preparing Corona vaccine in India, has said that if the trial is successful, then this vaccine can come by September or October this year and can be available for Rs 1000.


Poonawala gave this information in a special interview given to our associate publication Business Today. Poonawala said that he would take the risk and try to produce it before the advance testing of the corona vaccine and if it is ready, then it will cost Rs 1,000 per vaccine.

What did the CEO say

He said that clinical trials of vaccines have been announced in the UK, but we have taken the initiative of production. If the test is successful, we will prepare the first batch of vaccine by September or October this year. We have decided to start production in advance so that after the trial is successful, we can make it available immediately. We will also do a human trial in May.


He said, 'Our centers are ready to make Kovid-19 vaccine and we have put them completely in the work of making vaccines. We have invested 500-600 crores in our factory in Pune. Apart from this, in the next 2-3 years, we will set up a new factory to make Kovid-19 vaccine completely.

When and how much will be produced

On the question of when will the production of this vaccine begin, Poonawalla said, "Our current units will start production in the next three weeks." We will make 40 to 50 lakh doses every month. After this, production will be increased to 1 crore every month. By September-October, production can reach 4 crore every month. Later we will export it to other countries also. 

Pune's company

This institute was established by Poonawala in 1966. It is the world's largest vaccine-making company that produces 1.5 billion doses every year and 65 percent of the world's children have been vaccinated by this company. Significantly, apart from serum, Kodagenics is also engaged in making the vaccine for Corona, Oxford University of UK and US biotech company.