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India's Serum Joins Oxford Efforts To Expedite COVID-19 Vaccine

Marketing Pact Likely

 
• By Vibha Ravi

After partnering with Merck KGaA and Cobra Biologics, Oxford University has now tied up with Serum Institute of India to manufacture its COVID-19 vaccine and a marketing pact is likely. With clinical trials of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine underway, Serum intends to set aside other COVID-19 vaccine development plans for the time being.

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The UK's University of Oxford has partnered with Serum Institute of India Ltd., the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, to produce its COVID-19 vaccine ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, as it aims to make 100 million doses of the product available by December.

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