Coronavirus Vaccine Update: Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine may cost around Rs 730 a dose in India
The Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine costs $19.5 (Rs 1,423) per dose in the US, and around $21 (Rs 1,532) a dose in the UK
A single dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine may be priced under $10 (about Rs 730) in India, which could be the lowest price for the mRNA-based jab globally.
“It is a single-digit price per dose. This is a not-for-profit price for the government’s immunisation programme,” Business Standard citing sources as saying. The two-shot vaccine has been made by the American pharma giant and its German partner BioNTech.
If the vaccine comes under $10 in the country, the price would be almost half that of in developed markets like the United States, United Kingdom, and European Union, the report said.
The Pfizer COVID vaccine is priced in the US for $19.5 (Rs 1,423) a dose. In the UK, it costs around $21 (Rs 1,532). In the EU, earlier the price was around $18.9 a dose but price negotiations are underway for a higher price of $23.2 (Rs 1,693) a dose, as per the report.
Pfizer is in talks with the Indian government for supplying its coronavirus vaccine.
“Pfizer has offered to make the required doses of our COVID-19 vaccine available at a not-for-profit price for India, as for all low and lower-middle income countries, once we have the necessary regulatory clearance,” said a Pfizer spokesperson.
