Tata in talks to launch Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in India

Tata in talks to launch Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in India

Tata in talks to launch Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in India

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Vials with and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Moderna logo in this illustration. File/Reuters

Tata Medical & Diagnostics is said to have started initial discussions with Moderna Inc for a partnership to launch its COVID-19 vaccine in India, the Economic Times reported on Monday.

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the McKesson distribution center in Olive Branch, Mississippi, US. File/Reuters

Tata could team up with the India's Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) to carry out clinical trials of Moderna's vaccine candidate in India, the report added, citing officials familiar with the matter.

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