{"id":331971,"date":"2021-05-14T05:17:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T10:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=331971"},"modified":"2021-05-14T05:17:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T10:47:19","slug":"dr-reddys-laboratories-launches-sputnik-v-covid-19-vaccine-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/dr-reddys-laboratories-launches-sputnik-v-covid-19-vaccine-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Reddy\u2019s laboratories launches Sputnik V COVID 19 vaccine in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-331972\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sputnik-V-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/05\/Sputnik-V-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/05\/Sputnik-V-2-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/05\/Sputnik-V-2-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/05\/Sputnik-V-2-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/05\/Sputnik-V-2-696x387.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/05\/Sputnik-V-2-1068x594.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/05\/Sputnik-V-2-756x420.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Hyderabad-based drug firm Dr. Reddy\u2019s Laboratories and, Indian partner of\u00a0Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), said it has started Sputnik V\u2019s India rollout with the first dose being directed in Hyderabad on Friday as part of a limited pilot.<\/p>\n<p>The imported vaccine has been priced at Rs 948 per dose with an additional 5% GST to be charged on it, putting the price at around Rs 995.4, just under Rs 1000 a dose, the company said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs part of a limited pilot, the soft launch of the vaccine has commenced and the first dose of the vaccine was administered in Hyderabad today on May 14, 2021,\u201d the company said in a regulatory filing with the bourses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe imported doses of the vaccine are presently priced at an\u00a0MRP of Rs 948 + 5% GST per dose, with the possibility of a lower price point when local supply begins,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hyderabad-based drug firm Dr. Reddy\u2019s Laboratories and, Indian partner of\u00a0Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), said it has started Sputnik V\u2019s India rollout with the first dose being directed in Hyderabad on Friday as part of a limited pilot. The imported vaccine has been priced at Rs 948 per dose with an additional 5% GST [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":331972,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[14219,574,14218],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331971"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331973,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331971\/revisions\/331973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/331972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}