The Russian Direct Investment Fund and Panacea Biotec Ltd. announced supply of the 1st shipment out of 1 million doses of the second component (human adenovirus serotype 5) of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine manufactured by Panacea Biotec for sale in India. This is the first batch of the second component produced and supplied by the Company in India. Doses of the second component of Sputnik V have been manufactured at the Panacea Biotec's state of the art vaccine manufacturing facility in Himachal Pradesh. The Company received necessary clearance from Central Drug Laboratories (CDL), Kasauli on August 31, 2021.