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Russia’s sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday it will supply India’s Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories with 100 million doses of the Sputnik-V vaccine against COVID-19 once it receives regulatory approval in India.

On August 11th, Putin announced the approval of the world's first vaccine against COVID-19.

High-profile COVID-19 vaccines developed in Russia and China are based on a common cold virus.

A Chinese pharmaceutical maker is in talks with several countries to get emergency approval to use an experimental Covid-19 vaccine, developed with the Chinese military.

CNBC's Eunice Yoon reports on how China is deploying a potential coronavirus vaccine by testing it on some essential workers.

The results of China’s latest round of drug procurement - a brutal price-cutting exercise.

Drugmakers have slashed prices by up to 95% to win state contracts in China's largest bidding round of its drug procurement programme.

Sinopharm has said its experimental vaccine could be ready for public use by the end of this year and cost no more than 1,000 yuan ($144.27) for two shots.

China has approved the country’s first medication for HIV prevention before exposure.

Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, says Russia has registered a possible COVID-19 vaccine with state regulators, and that one of his daughters has been injected with it.

Russia on Tuesday became the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine, a move that was met with international skepticism and unease because the shots have only been studied in dozens of people.

Officials in Russia and the West express alarm at the speed of vaccine development and the methods used.

German drug manufacturer Bayer cuts price of diabetes drug Glucobay — sold in the U.S. under the brand name Precose — by a jaw-dropping 90% in China.

The scheme has so far helped China notch up more than 50% in price-cuts on average from drugmakers.

Russia intends to be the first in the world to approve a coronavirus vaccine, despite concerns about its safety, effectiveness and whether the country has cut essential corners in development.