International
pti-Madhuri Adnal
Islamabad, Jan 24: Pakistan has authorised the emergency use of Russia’s Sputnik V, the third anti-COVID-19 vaccine approved by the country against the deadly coronavirus, authorities said on Sunday.
The government has given a go-ahead to a local pharmaceutical company for the import and distribution of the Russian-developed Sputnik V, the Dawn newspaper quoted an official as saying. Sputnik V is the third vaccine to be approved for the emergency use in the country, the report said.
“In a meeting conducted by the registration board of the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP), another vaccine has also been given EUA (emergency use authorisation) which was developed with the backing of Russian Development Investment Fund,” the official said.
A local pharmaceutical AGP, he said, had been authorised as the sole importer and distributor of the Russian vaccine,…
