Dr Reddy's says 8-9 states have approached for Sputnik V vaccine procurement; announces tie-up with Apollo Hospitals

[Kool_SRG]

Dr Reddy's will use the Apollo Hospitals network nationally for storing, administering and monitoring the vaccination. The initial rollout will begin in Hyderabad on May 17 and will be extended to Visakhapatnam and other metro cities starting May 18.

Dr Reddy's on May 17 said 8-9 states have approached the company for procurement of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine. The company named Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, among the states that have reached out to them.

Dr Reddy's had announced that the imported doses of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine have been priced at Rs 948 plus 5 percent GST or Rs 995.40 per dose. It said the price of the imported Sputnik V vaccine would remain the same for the government and private channels.

 

The company would be working with hospitals in metros that can handle -18 degrees Centigrade storage for the vaccines.

Dr Reddy's has received 1.5 lakh doses of Sputnik first dose last week, the company said it has received the second consignment of 60,000 doses second dose during the weekend.

"We have a supply commitment of 36 million doses from RDIF in the next two months," said M V Ramana, CEO of Branded Formulations at Dr Reddy's.

Ramana said Dr Reddy's is trying to secure more doses from RDIF. The company has a commitment from RDIF to get 250 million doses of Sputnik V first and second dose. About 15-20 percent of the initial supplies will be imported from Russia.

Dr Reddy's said once the local manufactures begin supplying, which is expected in the next two to three months, the vaccine prices will come down.

"They have to absorb the technology from RDIF, have to get approvals from the regulators and then scale up manufacturing,"  said Sauri Gudlavalleti - Head Of Research And Development.

"We are working with the regulator to bring appropriate guidance, on whether the other Indian suppliers with whom RDIF signed supply agreement will have to do clinical trials or not," Gudlavalleti added.

Hetero that has a tie-up with RDIF has got permission from DCGI to conduct Phase-3 trials of Sputnik V vaccine.

Gudlavalleti said the company intends to reach out to the Indian drug regulator in the next few weeks seeking emergency use authorisation of Sputnik Light single-dose vaccine.

Apollo Hospitals tie-up

Dr Reddy's on Monday announced a partnership with Apollo Hospitals to do the trial rollout of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in India.

Dr Reddy's will use the services of the Apollo Hospitals network nationally in storage, transportation, administering and monitoring of people who get vaccinated.

Apollo Hospitals will be pricing the Sputnik V vaccine at Rs 1,200- Rs 1,250 per dose.

Dr Reddy's said the initial rollout will begin in Hyderabad on May 17 and will be extended to Visakhapatnam and other metro cities starting May 18.

In addition to Apollo, Dr Reddy's also tied up with Continental Hospitals owned by IHH Healthcare.

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Sputnik V in India: Dr Reddy's, Apollo Hospitals announce Covid vaccination programme

Apollo Hospitals and Dr Reddy's Laboratories today said that they are collaborating to initiate a vaccination programme against coronavirus with Russia's Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V.

The first phase of the programme will kick off with vaccinations in Hyderabad on Monday and in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday at Apollo facilities, according to a PTI report.

The vaccinations would follow the SOPs as recommended by the Centre including registration on CoWIN.  

"This pilot phase will allow Dr. Reddy's and Apollo to test the arrangements and cold chain logistics and prepare for the launch. We are confident that with the Sputnik V vaccine, we will be able to make a significant contribution to ease availability and access to COVID vaccines to the community at large," Apollo Hospitals President – Hospitals Division K Hari Prasad said in a statement.

With the opening up of the vaccination programme for the private sector, the healthcare major has intensified efforts to accelerate the rate of vaccination through opening vaccination centres across its hospital network, he added.

"We are also in discussions with corporates to undertake vaccination on their premises. We are currently administering COVID vaccine at 60 locations across the country including Apollo Hospitals, Apollo Spectra hospitals and Apollo Clinics," Prasad said.

Dr Reddy's Laboratories CEO – Branded Markets (India & Emerging Markets) MV Ramana noted that the two entities were working to scale up the pilot and take the vaccine to other cities with an aim to inoculate as many Indians as possible.

2.1 lakh Sputnik V doses to be rolled out soon

 

The Sputnik V vaccines for the pilot programme would be supplied by Dr Reddy's from the first batch of 1.5 lakh doses imported so far.

After Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam, the pilot programme will be extended to Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Kolkata, and Pune.

Sputnik V is set to be rolled out this week after the second batch of the shots arrived in India yesterday.

The second batch that was taken to Dr Reddy’s biggest global distribution centre in Hyderabad was even smaller than the first one. Sixty thousand doses arrived in the second shipment, while 1.5 lakh doses had come on 1 May, its first shipment in India.

In August last year, Russia became the world's first country to register a coronavirus vaccine, dubbed as Sputnik V.

Following that, in September, Dr Reddy's Laboratories and Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) entered into a partnership to conduct clinical trials of Sputnik V, which is developed by the Gamaleya National Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology.

Dr Reddy's Laboratories has received approval from the Indian drug regulator for restricted emergency use of Sputnik V.

Dr Reddy's scrip on BSE was trading 0.79% higher at ₹5,238.00 apiece during late trade

 

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Russian vaccine Sputnik V now on CoWIN portal

Sputnik V has been priced at Rs 948 + 5 per cent GST per dose, amounting to Rs 995. However, the vaccine is being administered at a price of Rs 1,250 per dose at Jubilee Hills Apollo

[Hydrockers]

2 lacs vaccines pampi pandaga chesukpondi annara?

20 lacs ichina jaggadu 3 days lo malli vaccines pampandi ani letter rastadu

[JustChill_Mama]

Edhokati chesi mundhu Oka 5-8C vaccines TG KI ivvu ra babu 

[Hydrockers]

Just now, JustChill_Mama said:

Edhokati chesi mundhu Oka 5-8C vaccines TG KI ivvu ra babu 

Ok permission granted wait for 2 years 

[Ryzen_renoir]

26 minutes ago, JustChill_Mama said:

Edhokati chesi mundhu Oka 5-8C vaccines TG KI ivvu ra babu 

Telangana lo okkatey vaccination chesthey migatha daggara surge vachina danger. 

Motham central government allocate cheyali based on population , but the whole thing looks like a mess with each state going for separate tenders . 

Is there any other country where the vaccination program is handled so choaticaly ?

[futureofandhra]

3 doses 

[bhaigan]

14 minutes ago, futureofandhra said:

3 doses 

Yeah waste vaccine

J&J vaccine will be lot better than this just one dose

[futureofandhra]

1 minute ago, bhaigan said:

Yeah waste vaccine

J&J vaccine will be lot better than this just one dose

mosha batch n  n jaggad thinking great ofcourse public support vallakey vundhi 

spade is spade

[bhaigan]

5 minutes ago, futureofandhra said:

mosha batch n  n jaggad thinking great ofcourse public support vallakey vundhi 

spade is spade

Ofcourse man