The Serum Institute of India is the largest vaccine manufacturer of the world that is emerging as a main actor in the fight against coronavirus pandemic on a global scale.
Even though one of its buildings was devastated a few days ago due to a fire, the company assures that the production of the Covishield vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the Oxford University continues at full throttle.
The Serum Institute of India is currently the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world by number of doses produced and sold around the globe (more than 1,500 million doses), which include the polio vaccine and the diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, Hib, BCG, hepatitis B, and measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines.
It is calculated that about 65% of the world’s children they receive at least one vaccine manufactured by the Institute, whose production is accredited by the World Health Organization, in Geneva, and is used in some 170 countries around the world in their national immunization programs, saving millions of lives globally.
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