Race for vaccine against coronavirus heats up in India; 6 firms in the fray

With vaccines of some firms already in the animal trial phase, developers say that if all goes well, India can have a vaccine by next year, ahead of the earlier timelines

As Chinese research firm may have made news by becoming the first organisation globally to enter phase-II of clinical trials to find a vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) but Indian drugmakers are not far behind.
 

Six Indian drugmakers are in race to make a Covid-19 vaccine and, on basis of what these developers say, India may have a vaccine by next year as most candidates are already in animal-trial phase.
 

Gagandeep Kang, the vice-chair of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, said Cadila Healthcare (Zydus Cadila), Serum Institute of India, Bharat Biotech, Indian Immunologicals, Mynvax, and Biological E