Oxford Covid-19 vaccine could be the first to be available to Indians: 5 key developmentsworldUpdated: Aug 19, 2020 10:52 ISTWith the race towards finding a vaccine against Covid-19 intensifying by the day, the question remains when will the world get the much-awaited antidote to the deadly contagion. Pune-based vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India (SII) has already received a nod from for India’s top drug regulatory body for conducting phase-II and III clinical trials on the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine. This comes as Australia recently sealed a deal with Swedish-British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to receive the Covid-19 vaccine it is developing with Oxford University. • State-owned Chinese pharmaceutical company SinoPharm said its Covid-19 vaccine will be commercially available by the end of the year. The programme is aimed at delivering 2 billion doses of effective, approved Covid-19 vaccines by the end of next year.

Source: Hindustan Times August 19, 2020 03:26 UTC