India's Serum Joins Oxford Efforts To Expedite COVID-19 Vaccine
Marketing Pact Likely
Executive Summary
After partnering with Merck KGaA and Cobra Biologics, Oxford University has now tied up with Serum Institute of India to manufacture its COVID-19 vaccine and a marketing pact is likely. With clinical trials of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine underway, Serum intends to set aside other COVID-19 vaccine development plans for the time being.
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