Headed by Adar Poonawalla, Serum Institute of India (SII), one of the first companies worldwide to launch COVID-19 vaccines, has become India’s most valuable unlisted company, overtaking the National Stock Exchange (NSE) of India, alongside companies like Swiggy, BYJU’S, Razorpay and Dream11, as per the Burgundy Private Hurun India 500 list. Headquartered in Pune and valued […]
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Poonawallas Celebrate Sons’ Navjote Ceremony
The weekend before last saw the Poonawallas celebrating the navjote ceremony of Cyrus and Darius, the children of Adar and Natasha Poonawalla, the family which brings great pride not just to our community and the nation, but to the world, being the founders of Serum Institute of India (SII), established by Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla in […]
SII Despatches First Batch Of Covishield Vaccines
Marking India’s entry into a decisive phase against the anti-coronavirus fight, it was indeed a moment of great pride for the nation and our community, as three trucks loaded with the Covishield vaccine were despatched for the airport from vaccine maker – Serum Institute of India’s facility in Pune, as part of the very first […]
SII Registers COVID Vaccine Trial
The Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), a global frontrunner seeking to develop a safe and effective COVID vaccine, has registered its second and third phase trials of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine candidate – ‘Covishield’- with the Clinical Trials Registry of India (CTRI). The trails will be conducted on 1,600 healthy participants across India. […]
SII To Supply Pneumonia Vaccine To Low-Income Nations
In addition to spearheading efforts to develop a vaccine to fight COVID-19, the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by number of doses produced and sold globally, will provide ten million doses of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, which helps to prevent severe pneumonia, every year to lower-income countries for the next decade. […]
Iranshah Udvada Utsav 2019 Lives Up To Its Promise Of Bigger And Better!!
Over 3,000 Community Members Attend Over 3 Days! The three-day extravaganza saw a huge turnout of people not only from India but from all over the world having a gala time – including celebrities and luminaries from our community, leading businessmen, BPP Trustees including Kersi Randeria, Noshir Dadrawala, Xerxes Dastur and Viraf Mehta. The young […]