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Covishield vaccine to be sold only after successful trial: Serum Institute

SII issued this clarification after reports in the media began appearing which claimed that Covishield- Oxford University’s vaccine candidate, will be commercialised in a little over two months.

The phase three trials for the Oxford vaccine candidate are being conducted by SII in India.

Serum Institute of India clarifies that the current claims over Covishield’s availability, in the media are completely false and conjectural. Presently, the government has granted us permission to only manufacture the vaccine and stockpile it for future use,” SII said.

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COVID-19 led to revival of technology, expertise: Infosys co- founder Nandan Nilekani

“Technology is now becoming central to our world. When you look at this crisis, two things stand out: one is digital technology, and the fact that we are able to at least continue many of the things that we do, thanks to the tools like video conferencing, digitisation, e-commerce, and other online tools.And a large number of us are able to do this and work from home,” he said.

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Aditya Birla Sun Life open to consolidation due to Covid-19 disruptions: MD

Under the current scenario, it was very difficult to have a short or long-term view about the business, he said adding ABSLI would continue to have a healthy mix of products with a focus on protection and guaranteed solutions.

In certain pockets, owing to liquidity issues, delay in payments have been observed but no negativity in collection, he added.

Rao also said that death claims in the first quarter of the financial year have been on the lower side compared to the same period last year.

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