The Quad should have its own biomanufacturing hub in India

China likely to dominate sector unless allies pool their capabilities

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Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin: The world's pandemic response depended on the rapid production of new vaccines through biomanufacturing. © Reuters

Saurabh Todi is a research analyst in the high-tech geopolitics program of the Takshashila Institution, a policy think tank based in Bengaluru. Shambhavi Naik is Takshashila's head of research.

Biomanufacturing, which uses microorganisms and cell cultures to produce molecules and materials on a large scale, is rapidly rising in importance for Indo-Pacific nations.

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