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Serum Institute of India makes historic 8-figure donation to London's Science Museum

October 09, 2025 7:12 pm

The donation by Adar Poonawalla will be used to transform one of the museum’s most iconic spaces – the Making the Modern World gallery – which is set to re-open in 2028 as 'Ages of Invention: The Serum Institute Gallery'.

Pune: In a first, HPV vaccination drive at BJ govt medical college today

December 17, 2024 1:03 am

Looking at the problem of HPV infection in the country, a vaccination drive of all girl students upto 26 years of age has been initiated.

Serum Institute of India ‘hopeful’ of producing Mpox vaccine, says CEO Adar Poonawalla

August 20, 2024 5:27 pm

The Maharashtra health authorities have issued a circular related to self-reporting, especially by international travellers, a government official said they have alerted airports and ports to keep a close watch to screen possible cases of Mpox.

Eric Garcetti, US Ambassador to India with Adar and Natasha Poonawalla during the flag-off ceremony of the R21 malaria vaccine and Discussions around Indo-US collaborations and R21 malaria vaccine at Serum Institute of India on Monday. (Express photo by Arul Horizon)

SII ships first set of malaria vaccine doses to Africa

May 21, 2024 7:47 am

Significant step in global fight against disease

In India, SII stopped manufacturing Covishield in December 2021, after most people had been vaccinated and a stockpile was created.

Disclosed all side-effects in package, stopped making Covishield in 2021: SII

May 10, 2024 5:05 am

An SII spokesperson said in a statement: “From the outset, we have disclosed all rare to very rare side effects, including Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS), in the packaging insert in 2021.”

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Electoral bonds: Serum Institute, Nippon Steel among electoral trust donors which didn’t take bond route

March 22, 2024 3:24 pm

In 2018-2019, among the top donors of electoral trusts GMR Hyderabad International Airport, GMR Airport Developers, GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo and Logistics Pvt Ltd also did not buy EBs.

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Express View on cervical cancer vaccine drive: A healthy new year

January 13, 2024 12:04 am

Decision to inoculate against cervical cancer is welcome, could help root out a major disease that afflicts Indian women

Hope for cancer and Alzheimer’s in 2024? Five breakthroughs India is looking at

January 03, 2024 6:17 pm

Wider availability of cheaper CAR-T cell therapy or engineering immune cells to treat blood cancer and a government HPV vaccination programme will be among the key breakthroughs

Whale Phishing: Cyber crooks bait top executives, siphon off crores in Pune

September 23, 2023 3:23 pm

In these cases, the cyber attackers posing as the company CEOs have manipulated senior officials into transferring large funds to fraudulent accounts.

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SII’s multivalent meningococcal meningitis vaccine gets WHO pre-qualification

July 13, 2023 2:08 am

The WHO prequalification, which ensures a vaccine meets strict international quality, safety, and efficacy standards, was supported by extensive clinical studies in The Gambia, India, and Mali that demonstrated a high level of safety and immunogenicity.