Why made in India Covaxin is priced higher than Covishield and Sputnik V

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that the central government will provide free vaccines to all from June 21. However, 25% of vaccines will be available to private hospitals directly from vaccinators. For this, the Center has also fixed the price of vaccines.

According to experts, the cost of vaccines is high as the technology for making covacin is expensive. (For all its “made in India” pitch, Covaxin is the most expensive Covid-19 vaccine in India)

A completely inactivated virus is used to make the covaxin vaccine.

Hundreds of liters of expensive serum have to be imported to make a vaccine using a completely inactivated coronavirus

The virus is grown in these serums with careful care in highly safe biosecurity laboratories. The virus is then inactivated.

Covacin vaccine, a joint venture between India Biotech and ICMR, is expensive as the whole process is expensive compared to other vaccines.

Unlike covacin, these vaccines do not require expensive technology.

Since both of these vaccines are manufactured using mRNA technology, they do not require a large system. This technology does not use the actual corona virus.

Vaccine pricing includes factors such as raw material, packaging, vaccine preparation process, its maintenance, licensing, medical tests, cost of production, etc.

According to experts, Indian vaccine manufacturers earn between Rs 3 and Rs 4 per dose.

Indian-made covacin is the most expensive vaccine. The covacin vaccine is twice as expensive as the covshield