Tracing Cipla’s Interest In Vaccines, Potential For Tie-Up With Moderna

Cipla is no novice in the vaccines segment and a potential link up for Moderna’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine or with other firms could add an important lever in the 80-plus year-old Indian firm’s overall strategic thrust. Management has all along maintained a positive tone for coronavirus vaccine alliances.

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Is Cipla Limited keen to participate in the COVID-19 vaccines segment? The answer has broadly been a definitive yes, going by recent statements by the company’s senior management, though the scope of interest remains less well defined.

The front-line Indian company, which already has a significant footprint in the area of COVID-19 therapies via a number of...