Serum Institute chief Cyrus Poonawalla red flags vaccine-mixing move; terms it a wrong idea
Cyrus Poonawalla warns vaccine-mixing could trigger blame game between makers in case of misfire Close on the heels of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation's expert committee okaying a proposal to permit a study on mixing Covishield and Covaxin vaccines and testing the mix on healthy humans, Serum Institute of India Chairman Cyrus Poonawalla has opposed the move. The Serum Institute of India chief said it would be very wrong to mix the vaccines. The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation had recently said yes to a study lined up by the Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, to mix the two Covid-19 vaccines and test the concoction on 300 healthy volunteers. Cyrus Poonawalla warns of blame game However, Poonawala has vehemently opposed the idea, pointing out that there isn't any need to mix the doses. He went on to add that if something goes wrong, there is a chance of a blame game between the makers of the two vaccines, the report added. Poonawala was quoted