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India, Pfizer seek to bridge dispute over vaccine indemnity: Report

India has not given any manufacturer of a Covid-19 vaccine indemnity against the costs of compensation for any severe side effects, a condition Pfizer has obtained in many countries, including UK, UK

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A person walks past a Pfizer logo amid the coronavirus disease pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City (Photo: Reuters)

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Pfizer and the Indian government are seeking to resolve tensions over a demand by the U.S. drugmaker for legal protection from any claims linked to the use of its COVID-19 vaccine in one of the world's biggest markets, two sources told Reuters.

India has not given any manufacturer of a COVID-19 vaccine indemnity against the costs of compensation for any severe side effects, which is a condition Pfizer has obtained in many countries where its shots have already been widely used, including Britain and the United States.

But three other sources told Reuters that some form of legal protection is still on

(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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