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Centre closed vaccine maker BIBCOL; ~100 staff remain unpaid since Dec 2023, left in financial ruin.

Bharat Immunologicals and Biologicals Corporation Limited (BIBCOL), a government-owned vaccine manufacturer in Bulandshahr, once supplied around 60% of India's polio vaccines. After production stopped in December 2022, the Union government approved its closure on September 17, 2026.