Russia seeks India's help in producing large quantities of drugs, said - the partnership will be able to fulfill the worldwide demand for vaccines

Posted on 21st Aug 2020 by rohit kumar

Russia wants India's help in preparing a large quantity of Corona's first vaccine 'Sputnik V' in the world. Russia has said that it wants to produce this vaccine in partnership with India. So that the demand for medicine coming from all over the world can be fulfilled.

 

On Thursday, Kirill Mitrev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) gave this information. 'Sputnik V' has been produced by the Gamalaya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of Russia in association with RDIF. This vaccine did not undergo Phase-3 or large-scale clinical trials.

 

Trust in India: Russia

Mitrev said during an online press briefing that vaccine demand was coming from many countries. To meet these demands, it has to be produced in large numbers. India is ahead in pharmaceutical production. We are confident that India can manufacture this medicine in large quantities and we want to partner with it. ''

 

He further said that for vaccine production we did research in detail and the analysis we found that countries like India, Brazil, South Korea, and Cuba have good production potential. Therefore, we want that any of these countries can become an international hub for producing Sputnik V.

 

Production in more than five countries

Mitrev said that so far demand for more than 10 lakh doses has been received. India can produce 5 crore doses every year. So this partnership can prove to be very effective. Drug manufacturing companies in India will also be approached for this. He added, "We are going to do clinical trials not only in Russia but also in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, and India. We plan to produce the vaccine in more than five countries. We have more demand from Asia, Latin America, Italy, and other parts of the world. "

 

Russian vaccine is in dispute

Russia's vaccine is also in dispute. It was not shared with the Scientific Journal or WHO. The WHO said, "Russia has not complied with the guidelines for making the vaccine." Russia has been accused of not completing all the necessary vaccine trials. All its trials were completed in just 42 days. Many side effects of this vaccine have also been revealed. According to the documents, 144 types of side effects were seen in 38 volunteers.

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