8 pharma firms make a beeline for monkeypox vax
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The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has reportedly received 31 bids from pharmaceutical firms for developing vaccines and test kits for the monkeypox virus in India. As per the ICMR’s July 27 document, further research with the monkeypox isolates, and related manufacture of vaccine and kits, will be in a public-private partnership mode.