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The Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus has become the most exported medicine in Russia’s history and it has proven itself as one of the most effective tools for fighting COVID-19, the chief executive officer of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Kirill Dmitriyev, told reporters on August 11. Pharmaceuticals is one of the few export categories that has grown since the war with Ukraine began. Registered in Russia on August 11, 2020, Sputnik V became the world’s first officially recognized vaccine from coronavirus. According to data from the RDIF, it is used in 71 countries with a combined population of over 4 billion people, while the Sputnik Light vaccine is used in more than 30 countries where 2.5 billion people live. Globally, more than 400 million doses of the Sputnik V and Sputnik Light vaccines have been supplied. Through RDIF efforts, an international network of producer partners has been established, and the production of the Russian vaccine has been localised at 27 sites in 18 countries. Studies of the Sputnik V vaccine were published in The Lancet, Nature, Vaccines, Cell Reports Medicine and other major international peer-reviewed journals.
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