Pune, 06 July 2023 - Hon'ble UK Minister of State; Science, Technology & Innovation, George Freeman and UK Trade Commissioner for South Asia, Harjinder Kang along with members of the UK Trade Commission visited Serum Institute Of India and met with SII CEO Adar Poonawalla and Chairman Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla.
Minister Freeman during his visit said, “We are here to help negotiate a deep science research technology collaboration, we see the relationship between Oxford, the Jenner Institute and the Serum Institute as globally important not just to the UK or India. We are proud of what the AstraZeneca and what Serum could achieve with Covishield, saving over 30 million lives globally".