India News | PM's Visit Encouraged Us to Do More: Zydus Cadila Chairman

Ahmedabad, Nov 28 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit on Saturday to Zydus Cadila's manufacturing facility near Ahmedabad where a coronavirus vaccine is being developed was encouraging, the pharma major said.

The prime minister visited the facility as part of his three-city tour to review vaccine development work.

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"Today, honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modiji visited our Zydus Biotech park. This visit has encouraged us in doing more and doing fast," the company's Chairman Pankaj Patel said in a video statement.

"His knowledge, wisdom about the problem, and his guidance have been valuable for our scientific staff and for all of us," Patel added.

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"India's journey in the Atmanirbhar Bharat -- scientists, 1,800 of them, and 25,000 Zydans (employees) -- are continuously striving and working for providing safe and efficacious vaccines, better COVID treatment and diagnostics," he said.

Zydus Cadila had announced earlier that the phase-I clinical trial of its vaccine candidate ZyCoV-D was over and it had commenced phase-II clinical trials from August.

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