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Health regulator denies best practices certificate to Indian lab Bharat Biotech

Brazilian health regulator Anvisa denied Indian laboratory Bharat Biotech a certificate of best practices to produce medicines, a requirement to allow the import of Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin. 

The decision was published on Brazil’s Federal Register on Tuesday morning. The regulator said the laboratory “did not fulfill manufacturing best practices.”

On Thursday, the federal government asked permission to import 20 million doses of Covaxin, hoping to receive 8 million shots before the end of March.

Natália Scalzaretto

Natália Scalzaretto has worked for companies such as Santander Brasil and Reuters, where she covered news ranging from commodities to technology. Before joining The Brazilian Report, she worked as an editor for Trading News, the information division from the TradersClub investor community.

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