The meeting of the Subject Expert Committee of Central Drug Standards Control Organisation is scheduled to be held today to discuss Dr Reddy’s application seeking emergency use approval for Sputnik V vaccine.
Covid-19 vaccine India update: The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) of the Central Drug Standards Control Organisation is likely to meet today to take a call on emergency use approval for the Russian Covid-19 vaccine, Sputnik V. India has so far approved two vaccines — Serum-Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine Covishied and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin—for emergency use against Coronavirus.
According to a report in ANI, citing officials, the meeting of the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) scheduled to be held today to discuss Dr Reddy’s application seeking emergency use approval for the Sputnik V vaccine.
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories last week approached the Drug Controller General of India (DGCI) to get emergency use authorisation for the Russia-developed corona vaccine Sputnik-V. According to Dr Reddy’s, it aims to launch Sputnik-V in March if gets the necessary regulatory clearance.