Amid over 20 sudden heart attack deaths in Karnataka’s Hassan district, leading drugmakers have defended Covid vaccines on social media. Industry leaders including Dilip Shanghvi, Pankaj Patel, Satish Reddy, and Samir Mehta stressed there is no scientific link between the deaths and vaccination. The Karnataka health department has formed an expert panel to investigate. The Indian Vaccine Manufacturers Association and the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance urged the public to trust India’s vaccine safety and rigorous approval process.