Pune's Serum Institute of India completed 55 years on June 12 and CEO Adar Poonawalla shared a photo of father Cyrus Poonawalla laying the foundation stone of the company on June 12, 1966. In its 55 years of existence, the company has supplied billions of doses of vaccines to 171 countries and saved countless lives. "It is with this ethos in mind we have produced over 300 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to date," Poonawalla wrote. While the pandemic has shot the company and its CEO Adar Poonawalla to the global spotlight, Serum has been supplying measles and polio vaccines. Adar Poonawalla has been in the centre of a controversy after he claimed that he was under immense pressure to deliver Covid vaccines and received threatening calls from powerful people.

Source: Hindustan Times June 12, 2021 15:50 UTC