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Adar Poonawalla: How to vaccinate the world

Adar Poonawalla went all-in on a coronavirus vaccine production deal with Astrazeneca, can he make enough to supply the world?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Adar Poonawalla, the CEO of the biggest vaccine producer in the world, Serum Institute of India. He went all-in on a production deal with Astrazeneca, and for many of us, the jab we get will have been made by him. He’s a super-rich vaccine visionary; is he driven by more than profit?

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Mon 15 Mar 202123:06GMT
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    BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa

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