India Exits Vaccine-Making Business By Transforming Four Units
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
India is no longer in the vaccine business, the country's health minister said. Until now, the government had operated four units to produce vaccines in case of emergencies, but health ministry officials say that backup no longer is necessary. Instead, the facilities are to be used for diagnostic testing, beginning in a few months, with unit employees retrained for their new jobs. The manufacturing licenses of the four units had been suspended in January because they no longer met good manufacturing practices standards. (Click here for more