The administration of Covaxin as a booster dose enhances vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19’s Delta variant and gives protection against Omicron variants BA.1.1 and BA.2, a study by ICMR and Bharat Biotech has found. The protective efficacy of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin following two and three-dose immuniszations against the Delta variant and the efficacy of the Covaxin … Read more
Covaxin and help boost Vietnam’s national vaccination programme. Bharat Biotech and its local partner Dunc Minh have donated 200,000 doses of Covaxin to the Republic of Vietnam. The Covid-19 vaccine has received emergency use listing in Vietnam. Suchitra Ella, joint managing director of Bharat Biotech, said the donation was a gesture of goodwill to provide … Read more
On efficacy against the Omicron variant, Bharat Biotech said Covaxin was developed against the original Wuhan variant and has worked against other variants, and the company would continue to research on new variants. Vaccine maker Bharat Biotech on Monday said it has commenced exports of its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin. The company said the first set … Read more
Bharat Biotech will add additional countries to its list of Covaxin export destinations in December as more countries grant emergency-use approvals. (File) After Serum Institute of India, Bharat Biotech on Monday said it had begun exports of its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin. The World Health Organization (WHO) earlier this month granted the India-made jab emergency-use approval. … Read more
The EUL process is done by WHO and the Technical Advisory Group of independent experts who determine if the vaccine is quality-assured, safe and effective. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Emergency Use Licensing (EUL) for Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, has been delayed. The independent Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the WHO, which met on … Read more
Bharat Biotech said that before being released for administering every batch of Covaxin is subjected to over 200 quality control tests and samples are submitted to Government of India’s Central Drugs Laboratory (CDL), and only after clearance are the batches released commercially. Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin manufacturer Bharat Biotech on Thursday issued a statement to allay … Read more
Pune district officials have handed over the 12-hectare plot for vaccine production to Bharat Biotech. Bharat Biotech is all set to start manufacturing Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin from its plant in Pune. The company will finalise plans in the next couple of days. This plant is located close to the facility of Serum Institute of India. … Read more
COVID vaccine: To other question on the amount of stock of vaccines already made and ready, he said, the company has a stockpile of 20 million doses and has plans to ramp up production to 700 million doses from four plants so supply should not be a problem. (Representational photo/Reuters/File Photo) At 5 pm on … Read more
Bharat Biotech coronavirus vaccine Covaxin update: A medic fills a syringe with COVAXIN, COVID-19 vaccine, before administering it to a health worker during its trials, at the Gujarat Medical Education and Research Society in Ahmedabad. (Reuters/File Photo) Bharat Biotech Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin update: Bharat Biotech’s chairman Krishna Ella hit out at critics on Monday saying … Read more