<span style="color: #222222;">The government has rejected media reports which claim that regulatory approval for Covaxin was rushed due to Political Pressure. The reports claimed that Bharat Biotech, manufacturer of the indigenous COVID-19 vaccine – Covaxin, had to skip certain processes and speed up clinical trials due to political pressure. Union Health Ministry said, these media reports are completely misleading, fallacious and ill-informed.<br />''<br />''The Ministry said the national regulator – Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSO) have followed a scientific approach and prescribed norms in approving COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use authorization. It said, authorization to COVID-19 vaccines for restricted use in emergency situation were granted by the national regulator only on the recommendations of the Subject Expert Committee of CDSCO.</span><br />