Indian Govt. Permits Manufacture of Covaxin by Haffkine Institute – But Why Not Others Too?

(This post has been co-authored with Swaraj Barooah) In what seems like a whiff of good news amidst the debacle surrounding availability of COVID-19 vaccine in India, the Central Government has permitted the Haffkine Institute to manufacture Covaxin, on a “technology transfer” basis, for a period of one year. This is definitely needed and hopefully will address the vaccine shortage in the country to some extent. But does this mean that the Central Government had the IP and technology transfer…
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