Vaccine maker Biological E. (BE) has reduced the price of COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax to ₹250 a dose for private vaccination centres, down from ₹840.
For end users, the new price, including taxes and administration charges, will be ₹400 as against ₹990.
The price has been lowered to make the vaccine more affordable and help increase the reach to protect more children against the virus. So far, 43.9 million doses of Corbevax have been administered to children across the country. BE said it has supplied close to 100 million doses to the government of India.