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India may try to find 'middle ground' for usage and export of J&J single-shot jab

A strategy needs to be put in place where India may take a share of the monthly production of J&J’s vaccine for domestic use, said a senior government official privy to developments on this front The Indian government may initiate a fresh round of talks with Johnson & Johnson to find a middle ground on domestic usage and export of its vaccines manufactured by Biological E in India, as per a News18 report. However, a strategy needs to be put in place where India may take a share of the monthly production of J&J’s vaccine for domestic use. Indemnity demands of Pfizer, Moderna on backburner India is set to make 8 million doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine available by October-end, prime minister Modi had announced during the Quad Summit last weekend. “We need to figure out if the company plans to export these batches or they have been tested for technical reasons,” the official said while adding that for domestic use the issue of indemnity — that J&J has been demanding — needs to be sorted first.

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