Hyderabad based Dr Reddy's plans to inoculate 125 million people in coming months

Drug maker Dr Reddy's on May 14 said it plans to vaccinate 125 million people in the next 8-12 months with Sputnik vaccine. The company is in discussions with at least 2 states. About 15-20 percent of the initial supplies would be from imported from Russia.

"We have a supply committment of 36 million doses from RDIF in next two months," said M V Ramana, Executive Vice President and Head of the Branded Formulations at Dr. Reddy's. The company said it expects commercial shipments from the middle of June.