Biden administration denies ‘outright ban’ on vaccine raw materials

Poonawalla, on April 16, had asked Mr Biden to “lift the embargo” on raw materials to assist the production of COVID-19 vaccines.

The Biden administration has denied that there are any ‘outright bans’ on the export of vaccine raw materials in response to an appeal by , Adar Poonawalla, to U.S. President Joe Biden, asking him to lift an embargo on exports. “The Biden-Harris Administration’s top priority is saving lives and ending the pandemic. We reject any statement referring to a . The United States has not imposed any “outright bans” on the export of vaccines or vaccine inputs. This assertion is simply not true,” an administration official, told The Hindu. Mr to assist the production of COVID-19 vaccines. SII , which produces ‘Covishield’, a version of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca, uses bio-reactor bags from U.S. firms ABEC and GE Healthcare to grow cells for their vaccines, according to reports. It also uses filters, microcarrier beads and cell culture media- all of which are in short supply.