By Shalini Bhardwaj

New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): The Drugs controller general of India (DCGI) allowed the export of approximately 2 lakh vaccine doses of Malaria which is produced in India, said sources on Thursday.

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This vaccine is developed by scientists at the University of Oxford and manufactured by Serum Institute in the UK.

According to the sources, the Serum Institute of India ( SII) has developed the vaccine against malaria under the leadership of CEO Adar Poonawalla, this vaccine is made in India and it is for India as well as world at large.

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This malaria vaccine was designed at the Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, which collaborated with the SII in 2020 for manufacturing at a large scale.

The vaccine against malaria which is available globally is manufactured by GSK. (ANI)

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