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24 January, 2023

Serum Institute Of India launches the first made-in-India qHPV vaccine 'CERVAVAC'

Serum Institute Of India launches the first made-in-India HPV vaccine 'CERVAVAC'

Hon'ble Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah launches the first made-in-India qHPV vaccine 'CERVAVAC' along with SII CEO Adar Poonawalla

On the occasion of India's National Girl Child Day and Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, Serum Institute Of India is pleased to launch the first made-in-India qHPV vaccine 'CERVAVAC' by the hands of our Hon'ble Home Minister Shri Amit Shah at New Delhi on 24 January 2023.

India’s first indigenously developed Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus vaccine (qHPV) ‘CERVAVAC’ is an outcome of a partnership between Serum Institute Of India (SII), Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) along with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.