With Over 1.25 Billion Jabs in India, SII Seeks Full Approval for Covishield

With supplies of Covishield exceeding 1.25 billion doses, there is enough data for full market approval, says SII.

Serum Institute of India (SII) chief Adar Poonawalla, on Friday, 31 December, announced that the firm had applied to the country's drug regulator and the Health Ministry for full authorisation for its COVID-19 vaccine, Covishield.

Poonawalla said that with supplies of Covishield in India exceeding 1.25 billion doses, the government of India had enough data for full market authorisation.

Supplies of the COVISHIELD vaccine in India, have exceeded 1.25 billion doses. The government of India now has enough data for full market authorisation, and therefore @SerumInstIndia has applied to the @CDSCO_INDIA_INF (DCGI) and @MoHFW_INDIA for this permission.

— Adar Poonawalla (@adarpoonawalla) December 31, 2021

SII had been granted emergency approval in India for Covishield earlier this year.