Kerala plans to sign agreement with RDIF to fill Sputnik V vaccine vials
Hindustan TimesKerala may soon enter a deal with the Russian Direct Investment Fund, the country’s sovereign wealth fund, to set up a unit for filling Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine vials, news agency ANI reported. The RDIF has entered into a partnership with Dr Reddy’s Labs to market the first 250 million doses of Sputnik V in India. Kerala industries principal secretary Dr K Ellangovan told news agency ANI that the RDIF has shown interest in the proposal made by the state government through the Russian ambassador to India Nikolay Kudashev. Last week, the Serum Institute of India, which manufactures Oxford AstraZeneca’s vaccine Covishield, announced a partnership with the RDIF to manufacture over 300 million doses of Sputnik V jabs in India – with the production set to commence in September this year.