Wockhardt To Manufacture, Supply Sputnik V, Sputnik Light Covid Vaccine
NDTV
Sputnik V is a two-dose shot, which has been found to be 91.6% effective in preventing people from developing COVID-19.
Indian pharma major Wockhardt announced today that the company has signed a deal with Dubai's Enso Healthcare to make and supply doses of Russia's Sputnik V / Sputnik Light vaccine against COVID-19. "Subject to requisite approvals and other conditions, upon successful technology transfer from Human Vaccine LLC (HV) to the Company, the Company will manufacture and supply to Enso upto 620 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine and the Sputnik Light vaccine against Covid-19," Wockhardt said in a statement. The agreement between Wockhardt, Enso Healthcare DMCC ("Enso") and Human Vaccine LLC ("HV") was signed on August 12. While Enso Healthcare DMCC is based in Dubai, Human Vaccine LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the "Management Company of Russian Direct Investment Fund", the sovereign wealth fund of the Russian Federation ("RDIF"). "The agreement between the Company, HV, Enso was reached under the aegis of Enso, RDIF's coordination partner for sourcing Sputnik vaccine in India," it said.More Related News