Wockhardt Drug Manufacturer
Bangalore’s Drug manufacturer Wockhardt would be supplying millions of doses of multiple COVID-19 vaccines, including that have been developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, under a deal with the UK government announced on Monday.in accordance with this, shares of Wockhardt jumped 10 per cent after the news, outperforming the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex index which fell 1.77 per cent, extending losses to a fourth straight session. The company has reserved fill-and-finish capacity – the final manufacturing step of putting vaccines into vials or syringes and packaging them – as part of the agreement, the company stated. (Source : ndtv)
This has become the latest step by taken by the UK to be able to secure supplies and production of COVID-19 vaccines after striking four deals with drug manufacturer to buy their potential shots.
“Fill finish is a critical step in the process to get the vaccine in a form to be given to patients. The agreement with Wockhardt will boost our capability to ensure that,” Kate Bingham, chair of UK Vaccines Task Force, said in a statement. (Source : ndtv)
The UK government had also reserved one fill-and-finish production line at a Wockhardt subsidiary in Wrexham, Wales for its exclusive use for the next 18 months to secure supply. It is expected to start the Wexham line in September.
For which, AstraZeneca had also indicated that it would be needing 30 million fill-and-finish doses of their vaccine candidate, which the company intends to supply in the next few months, Wockhardt chairman Habil Khorakiwala said during a virtual press briefing.
The company has a fill-and-finish manufacturing capacity of 400 million doses in the UK and 600 million in India for a combined capacity of 1 billion, Mr Khorakiwala said. More than 150 vaccines have been developed and tested around the world to stop the pandemic, with 26 in human clinical trials, according to the World Health Organization. AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s vaccine candidate is seen as one of the front-runners in the race to fight the pandemic.
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