January 13, 2021 Apart from Covishield and Covaxin, there are several other Covid-19 vaccine candidates that may get approval for use in India at a later stage. Here is the tentative price of what they will cost in India

Here is what one dose of various Covid-19 vaccines will cost in India
Apart from Covishield and Covaxin, there are several other Covid-19 vaccine candidates that may get approval for use in India at a later stage. Here is the tentative price of what they will cost in India.

The Union health ministry has said apart from Covishield and Covaxin, four more Covid-19 vaccine candidates are in the pipeline and their manufacturers may apply for emergency use approval in the near future.

Covishield and Covaxin have already been granted emergency use approval and the government will start a nationwide vaccination drive using them from January 16.

The first consignment of Covishield consisting 54.72 lakh doses were transported to 13 locations from the Serum Institute of India (SII) on Tuesday.

Speaking about the price of Covishield, Adar Poonawalla, CEO of Serum Institute, said his firm is providing the first 100 million doses of the vaccine at a “special price” of Rs 200 per dose (excluding taxes) to the government considering its request.

Poonawalla was once these 100 million doses are out, SII will provide Covishield at the price of Rs 1,000 to private players.

Meanwhile, the government is also procuring 55 lakh doses of Covaxin from Bharat Biotech for the first phase of the nationwide vaccination.

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday said Bharat Biotech is providing 16.5 lakh doses free of cost to the government.

“For 38.5 lakh doses (of Covaxin) the price is Rs 295 each, excluding taxes. Bharat Biotech is providing 16.5 lakh doses for free which ultimately brings the cost of each dose of Covaxin down to Rs 206,” he said.
Bhushan also provided tentative price of other Covid-19 vaccines that are in the pipeline.

Here is what one dose of each vaccine will cost in India:

• Covishield: Rs 200 per dose (for first 100 million doses), Rs 1,000 per dose thereafter at private outlets
• Covaxin: Rs 206 per dose
• Pfizer-BioNTech: Rs 1,431 per dose
• Moderna: Rs 2,348 to Rs 2,715 per dose
• Sinopharm: less than Rs 5,650 per dose
• Sinovac Biotech: Rs 1,027 per dose
• Novavax: Rs 1,114 per dose
• Gamaleya Centre: less than Rs 734 per dose
• Johnson and Johnson: Rs 734 per dose

Apart from the vaccine developed by Pfizer, all other vaccines can be stored between 2-8 degrees Celsius. Pfizer’s vaccine needs to be stored at minus 70 degrees Celsius.