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In an unusual move prompted by an enormous second wave of infections, India is accelerating approvals for COVID-19 vaccines granted emergency use authorizations by other selected regulators or on the WHO’s emergency use list without a local bridging study. While this seems a prelude to permitting private sales, where will the supplies come from?

In an unusual move prompted by an enormous second wave of infections, India is accelerating approvals for COVID-19 vaccines granted emergency use authorizations by other selected regulators or on the WHO’s emergency use list without a local bridging study. While this seems a prelude to permitting private sales, where will the supplies come from?

J&J and Pfizer should benefit from India’s unusual move to grant accelerated approvals minus a prior local bridging study for COVID-19 vaccines granted emergency use authorizations by certain regulators or on the WHO’s emergency use list. But while this seems like a prelude to permitting private sales, where will the supplies come from?