Govt. allows export of Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik Light manufactured in India by Hetero Biopharma
The Hindu
The Russian ambassador had urged the Indian government to allow the export of Sputnik Light, produced by Hetero Biopharma, till the vaccine gets emergency use authorisation from India's drug regulator.
The government has permitted the export of Russia's single-dose vaccine, Sputnik Light, domestically produced, as the jab has not yet been approved for emergency use in India, sources said on Sunday.
Indian drug firm Hetero Biopharma Limited has been allowed to export 40 lakh doses of Sputnik Light to Russia, sources in the know of the developments told PTI.
Sputnik Light is the same as component-1 of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V which is being used in India's anti-COVID inoculation programme after getting emergency use authorisation from India's Drug Regulator in April.
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