Myths & Facts on India’s Vaccination Process

Myth: Centre is not doing enough to buy vaccines from abroad

Fact: Government has remained engaged continuously with all the major international vaccine manufacturers right from mid-2020. 1/n

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Myth: Centre has not approved vaccines available globally

Fact: Government has proactively eased entry of vaccines approved by US FDA, EMA, UK's MHRA and Japan's PMDA, and WHO's Emergency Use Listing into India in April. 2/n

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Myth: Centre is not doing enough to ramp up domestic production of vaccines

Facts: Government is playing the role of an effective facilitator to enable more companies to produce vaccines from the early 2020 3/n

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Myth: Centre should invoke compulsory licensing

Fact: Compulsory Licensing is not a very attractive option since it is not a ‘formula’ that matters

Tech transfer is the key and that remains in the hands of the company that has carried out R&D 4/n
Myth: Centre is not giving enough vaccines to the States

Fact: Centre is allotting enough vaccines to the states in a transparent manner

States are being informed in advance of the vaccine availability 5/5

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