Panacea Biotec Limited is delighted to announce the collaboration with the signing of two long-term agreements with Serum Institute of India Private Limited (SII) and SII's wholly owned subsidiary, Bilthovan Biologicals B.V. (BBIO).

Under the collaboration, SII is entitled to manufacture & sell fully liquid Whole cell Pertussis (wP) and Salk based Injectable Polio Vaccine (IPV) based Hexavalent vaccine (DTwP-HepB-Hib-IPV) developed & commercialized by Panacea Biotec, a first of its kind in this category.

Serum Institute of India will ensure supply of' IPV bulk to Panacea Biotec, an important constituent of the Hexavalent vaccine, from its wholly owned subsidiary BBIO, a bioengineering and pharmaceutical company, registered in The Netherlands having technology and expertise for making the IPV, earlier possessed by only 3 other vaccine manufacturers in the World.