SII to boost Covishield production upto 200 MIllion doses from October

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SII To Boost Covishield Production To 200 Million Doses From Oct

CEO of Serum Institute of India (SII), Adar Poonawalla addressed a virtual conference with Executive Chairperson of Biocon Biologics (BBL) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw to announce their strategic alliance on September 17. Reportedly, SII was looking to scale up its research facilities with BBL. Also, the alliance aims to increase the production of Covishield Vaccines from 160 million doses monthly to 200 million doses from October.

Sat, 18 Sep 2021 - 02:31 PM / by Muskan Arora

Tags: Covid-19, COVISHIELD, SII, Covid Vaccine, Biocon Biologics, Adar Poonawalla

Courtesy: The Indian Express

Biocon Founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

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Goldman Sachs Invests Rs 1,125 Crore In Bengaluru-based Biocon Biologics

Bengaluru-based biopharmaceutical company Biocon on October 7 announced an injection of capital worth Rs 1,125 crore ($150 million) by investment giant Goldman Sachs in its subsidiary Biocon Biologics. Goldman will be issued an Optionally Convertible Debentures in return of the investment. The capitalization will help Biocon Biologics invest in its R&D and manufacturing and further expansion in the global market. Interestingly, this is… read-more

Sat, 07 Nov 2020 - 06:18 PM / by Dharshana Vijayan

Tags: GOLDMAN SACHS, Biocon Biologics, bengaluru, Investment

Courtesy: The Times of India