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How Did India Become the World's Top Vaccine Producer? 🚀

India’s science labs have grown a lot, letting the country make many safe vaccines.

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Key Points

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India’s bioeconomy was worth about 195 billion United States dollars in 2025

More than 11,800 biotechnology start‑up companies are operating in India

India provides over 65 % of the World Health Organization’s routine immunisation supplies

A special vaccine laboratory has tested over one hundred thousand samples for new medicines

Training programmes have taught more than 2,400 people from 14 neighboring countries

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The country now supplies about sixty percent of the world’s vaccine needs.

Indian researchers use new technology like messenger RNA to fight diseases.

Partnerships with groups such as the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations help share knowledge and training.

The work also helps India study many different diseases that appear in its own population.

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7 words

bioeconomy

the part of the economy that uses living things to make products and services

biotechnology

using living cells or parts of them to create useful products

immunisation

the process of protecting a person from a disease by giving a vaccine

routine

something that is done regularly or as a normal part of a schedule

training programme

a set of lessons that help people learn new skills

collaboration

working together with others to achieve a common goal

pre‑clinical

early tests of a new medicine that are done in the lab before trying it in people

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