It's considered a major medical breakthrough - India's first home made swine flu vaccine was launched by Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday. It will hit the markets on Friday.The Health Minister launched the vaccine and was even injected with it.

Named Vaxiflu-S, it has been manufactured by pharmaceutical major Cadila Healthcare and is an egg-based, single dosed vaccine. It's priced at Rs 350."This is the first indigenous influenza vaccine in India since Independence. The H1N1 influenza made us think that we cannot wait to import vaccines. The population and spread of our country is so huge that it's not advisable for us to depend on foreign countries for vaccines like this," Azad said.