Johnson & Johnson said on Monday it was still in talks with the Indian government over its COVID-19 vaccine after the country’s drug regulator announced the company had pulled its proposal seeking an accelerated approval for local trials.<\/p>\n
India had, in May, scrapped local trials for “well-established” foreign coronavirus vaccines as it tried to hasten vaccination rollouts to fight a second wave of infections.<\/p>\n
“We are in ongoing discussions with the Government of India and are exploring how best to accelerate our ability to deliver our COVID-19 vaccine to India,” Johnson & Johnson said in an emailed statement.<\/p>\n
The Indian junior health minister said last week that a team had been formed to engage with vaccine makers.<\/p>\n
“This team is in continuous dialogue with Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson to discuss and address various issues including the issue of indemnity,” Bharati Pravin Pawar had said.<\/p>\n
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comments on Monday.<\/p>\n
As of July 28, only 10 percent of India’s adult population of about 944 million people had been inoculated with both doses, with 47 percent receiving at least one shot.<\/p>\n
Johnson & Johnson is yet to request a full approval for its shot with the US Food and Drug Administration, while Pfizer Inc and partner BioNTech SE , and Moderna Inc have already sought full approval of their vaccines.<\/p>\n
In India, the drug regulator had in June given emergency use authorisation to Moderna’s vaccine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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