Adar Poonawalla has left India

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Poonawalla told ‘The Times’ in an interview about receiving aggressive calls from some of the most powerful people in India, demanding supplies of Covishield — the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine that the Serum Institute is producing in India.

That pressure is largely behind his decision to fly into London to be with his wife and children, the 40-year-old entrepreneur said.

‘Everything falls on my shoulders but I can’t do it alone’: SII CEO Adar Poonawalla on vaccine pressure in India.

“The level of expectation and aggression is really unprecedented. It’s overwhelming. Everyone feels they should get the vaccine. They can’t understand why anyone else should get it before them,” he said.

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I feel for him but… brace for stock market impact!

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Emotional pain. Overbearing sense of urgency & responsibility.

“We have done the best we can without cutting corners or doing anything wrong or profiteering. I’ll wait for history to judge,” he said.

“I’ve always had this sense of responsibility to India and the world because of the vaccines we were making, but never have we made a vaccine so needed in terms of saving lives,” he added.

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Another good example to prove why talented Indians can never succeed in India but achieve great heights abroad(there are always exceptions but this holds true for majority).

Deal Lieutenant Deal Lieutenant
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….@op….plz change his name…its Adar..

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Ah, noticed. ty

Deal Subedar Deal Subedar
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sad state of affairs

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Yeh “fly to London” wala precedence kaafi suna suna sa lagta hai. grin

Hope he fled for *good reasons. sunglasses

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Wait for his tweets from London now! It will be bashing all leaders as opposed to licking up to all leaders earlier!

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Just a passing thought…. What if it’s just a stunt to let a big business house seamlessly take over this lucrative vaccine production (and distribution)…. Adani ?!

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The interview with “The Times” ain’t fake. Excerpt available on most news websites.

Nautanki is more like it.

Maybe Mallaya threatened to kill him there at the airport itself, without any security cover, if he doesn’t return to India !

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Covivd task force asking center

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Deal Subedar Deal Subedar
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Only covisheild is in demand ? What covaxine in not in demand ?

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Covaxin is like psu banks, practically govt owned so no need to “pressure”.

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Deal Cadet Deal Cadet
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who are threatning him..when BJP itself given him Y security..is it ShivSena?

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X/Y/Z security is not your personal security, it is provided by govt & it follows orders of govt only not the person to whom it is given(if the person is not from the govt).

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Choonawalla………… No more Pune ka Poonawalla

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