India to get Sputnik V supply in May| Interview with Deepak Sapra

Deepak Sapra, CEO, APIS & Services, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, in an exclusive interview with India Today TV said that India will get Sputnik V supply from Russia in May. Initially the supply will be of limited quantity, which will be ramped up over the next two to three months. Deepak Sapra added that local manufacturing of vaccine will be starting in the next couple of months but the initial batches of Sputnik V, however, will be imported from Russia, whose Gamaleya Research Institute developed this vaccine.

Deepak Sapra further explained that "We conducted the Phase 2 and 3 clinical trials in India and the results have been consistent with Russia, assessment is being done on all the variants."