NEW DELHI : About 20 groups in India are making quick progress in their efforts to develop a vaccine for covid-19, the government’s principal scientific adviser, Dr K.
Vijayraghavan said on Thursday. These groups are among the 30 in India who are aggressively trying to develop a vaccine. “There are about 30 groups in India, big industry to individual academics, who are trying to develop a vaccine.
Some companies are in late pre-clinical stage. Vaccine development usually takes 10-15 years. However, considering the seriousness of the pandemic, we need it within one year," said Vijayraghavan, who is also co-chair of the government’s covid-19 task force on scientific development. “The world is investing in more than 100 vaccines as covid-19