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COVAXIN IS INDIA’S ‘FIRST’ INDIGENOUS COVID-19 ANTIBODY, CREATED BY BHARAT BIOTECH WITH ICMR

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Numair Katib Haik Katib Haik
COVAXIN IS INDIA’S ‘FIRST’ INDIGENOUS COVID-19 ANTIBODY, CREATED BY BHARAT BIOTECH WITH ICMR

COVAXIN is India’s ‘first’ indigenous COVID-19 antibody, created by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech in a joint effort with ICMR and NIV.

Indian specialists have given the green light to test Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 antibody in Phase I and Phase II clinical preliminaries.

India’s first potential COVID-19 antibody has been given endorsement for Phase I and Phase II clinical preliminaries. Named COVAXIN™, the immunization was created by Bharat Biotech and has been allowed endorsement from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI). Human clinical preliminaries are booked to begin across India in July 2020

Bharat Biotech made COVAXIN in a joint effort with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Institute of Virology (NIV). As indicated by the organization, the SARS-CoV-2 strain was confined in NIV, Pune and moved to Bharat Biotech. The indigenous, inactivated immunization was created and made in Bharat Biotech’s office situated in Hyderabad, India.

The DCGI conceded consent to start Phase I and II human clinical preliminaries after the organization submitted results created from pre-clinical investigations, illustrating “promising” and “broad” security and safe reactions.

Dr Krishna Ella, Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Biotech, stated: “We are pleased to declare COVAXIN, India’s first indigenous immunization against COVID-19. The coordinated effort with ICMR and NIV was instrumental in the improvement of this immunization.

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