"sputnik-light"

Hyderabad: Pharma player Hetero announced that its biologics arm ‘Hetero Biopharma’ has received approval from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) to manufacture Sputnik Light. Hetero is the first biopharmaceutical company in India to receive manufacturing and marketing (M&M) approval for the product manufactured locally for the prevention of COVID-19 in adults aged over […]

Sputnik Light is a one-dose vaccine and the same as the first component— recombinant human adenovirus serotype number 26 (rAd26) — of the two-dose Sputnik V vaccine, Dr Reddy's said in a statement.

On Wednesday, the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) deliberated on the submission for Marketing Authorisation of Sputnik Light in India from Dr Reddy’s

The single-dose Sputnik Light vaccine will be administered to those who have contracted Covid-19, as well as those who have received two doses of vaccines six months ago or more to boost their immunity.

So far, Dr Reddy’s has received the first consignment of 1.5 lakh doses on May 1 with imported supplies of the first dose.