The vaccine is a three-dose one administered intradermally using the painless PharmaJet, a needle-free system, Tropis, on Day 0, Day 28 and Day 56. Zydus Cadila on Wednesday announced that the company had started supplies of its Covid-19 vaccine, ZyCoV-D, to the Government of India. The group is also planning to make the vaccine available … Read more
According to Patel, Zydus Cadila had invested Rs 500 crore in developing the vaccine and in the manufacturing capacity with further investments expected as manufacturing capacity was being ramped up. The company had secured raw materials for next four to six months, Patel said. Zydus Cadila said on Saturday the company would start delivering the … Read more
The Phase 3 trials on more than 28,000 volunteers across 50 clinical sites, have shown an efficacy rate of 66.6%. That is lower than the efficacy levels of vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech that use mRNA technology. Zydus Cadila, which has sought the approval of DCGI for emergency use authorisation of its vaccine ZyCoV-D following … Read more