Bharat Biotech has begun direct supplies of its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin to 14 states.<\/p>\n
The states are Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.<\/p>\n
The Hyderabad-based company said it started the supplies based on the allocations received by the Government of India.<\/p>\n
“Requests have been received from other states, & will be processed for distribution based on availability of stocks 24×7,” tweeted Bharat Biotech co-founder and Joint Managing Director Suchitra Ella.<\/p>\n
The company, however, has not come out with details of the supplies like the number of doses supplied to the states.<\/p>\n
Bharat Biotech on April 24 announced pricing for Covaxin. It fixed the price of Covaxin at Rs 600 per dose for state governments.<\/p>\n
However, it later slashed the price to Rs 400. This came after Serum Institute of India (SII) cut the price of Covishield to Rs 300 from Rs 400 earlier.<\/p>\n
The two vaccine makers slashed the prices after the central government reportedly made a request to them amid the row over different pricing for the central and state governments.<\/p>\n
For private hospitals, Bharat Biotech fixed the price at Rs 1,200 per dose. This is twice the cost fixed for Covishield.<\/p>\n
For exports, Bharat Biotech has priced India’s first indigenous Covid vaccine at $15-$20 (Rs 1,125-1,500).<\/p>\n
Ever since the launch of Covid vaccination programme in India, Bharat Biotech and SII have been supplying their vaccines to the Centre at Rs.150 per dose.<\/p>\n
While Bharat Biotech is likely to continue the supplies to the Centre at the same price, SII is seeking to revise this to Rs 400.<\/p>\n
Both Bharat Biotech and SII have announced that they are reserving 50 per cent of their production capacities for supplies to the central government.<\/p>\n
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