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Moscow: The Russian Health Ministry has registered the nasal version of its Covid-19 jab, Sputnik V, which is said to be the world’s first nasal vaccine against the virus. “Russian Health Ministry registers the nasal version of Sputnik V, the world’s first nasal vaccine against Covid-19,” Sputnik V wrote on Twitter. In January, the Russian […]

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 […]

Production in India is expected to come fully onstream in September and RDIF expects India to become a major production hub for the Sputnik V vaccine with such companies as Serum Institute of India

Soft launch of Sputnik V vaccine reaches over 50 cities and towns, after initial launch in Hyderabad on May 14

Russia became the first country in the world to register a vaccine against the coronavirus, dubbed Sputnik V, in August 2020.

The first batch of the vaccine will be shipped to Russia's Gamaleya Center for quality control. Sputnik V, which was granted emergency use authorisation in India in April.

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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.

Being a limited pilot phase presently, registration on CoWIN is not open yet to public, but will become open at the time of commercial launch.

Anvisa also approved a proposal to import Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine.

The Centre should consider utilising its position as the monopolistic buyer in the market and pass down the benefit to all people

The chief minister said there are around 650 cases of the black fungus in Delhi government hospitals but there is a shortage of drugs used to treat the disease.

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Sputnik V was registered in India under the emergency use authorization procedure on April 12, and vaccination against coronavirus with the Russian vaccine started on May 14.

The package includes air tickets from Delhi to Moscow, 24-day stay in Russia, two doses of Sputnik V, 24 breakfast and Indian dinner all at a cost of Rs1.29 lakh per person.

Dr Reddy's which had received over two lakh vaccines from RDIF, recently soft-launched Sputnik V and tied up with Apollo Hospitals for piloting the vaccine.

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.

Pilot programme to administer from the first batch of 1,50,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccines imported from RDIF

Plan to vaccinate 125 million people in the next 8-12 months across the country

The imported doses of the vaccine are presently priced at Rs 995 (Rs 948 plus 5 per cent GST per dose), with the possibility of a lower price point when local supply begins.