Contrary to popular belief, the "Swadeshi" Indian COVID-19 vaccine COVAXIN maker Bharat Biotech was backed since its inception by Bill Gates and the international pharma lobby. Bharat Biotech is the first Indian company to receive massive grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for vaccine against Rotavirus called Rotavac. The vaccine was given green light by the authorities even before its trials were complete and its efficacy is mired in controversy till today with cases pending in the Supreme Court.

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How Bill Gates Created Bharat Biotech - India's "Swadeshi" COVID-19 Vaccine COVAXIN Maker

Birth of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

As the story goes, in 1996, Bill Gates read an article in the New York Times that sparked his passion for health. That moment was one of the factors that led him to co-found the Gates Foundation with his wife, Melinda

The story was about a disease he’d never h...