The government had been counting on deliveries of 60 million to 70 million Covaxin doses monthly from July or August.
Brazil has suspended the clinical studies of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin following termination of the company's agreement with its partner there, the South American Country's health regulator said
Bharat's statement said it will continue to work with Brazilian health care regulator Anvisa to obtain all required approvals for the use of Covaxin in the country
Bharat Biotech is hoping to manufacture 1 billion doses per annum by the end of this year.
Covishield manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII) has received the WHO pre-qualification, while the process of pre-qualification for Bharat Biotech's Covaxin is going on
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The agency said the suspension - which put the EUA application on ice - was due to missing data from the vaccine's clinical trials
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The company claimed Covaxin is the first to report promising efficacy against asymptomatic infections based on qPCR testing that will help in reducing disease transmission
The analysis also found that Covaxin is 93.4 per cent effective against severe symptomatic Covid-19
Developed by Bharat Biotech and the ICMR, Covaxin was approved by the Indian drug controller in January, and has been in use since
The Brazilian media has reported that though Bharat Biotech initially quoted a price of $1.34 per dose, the Brazilian govt agreed to pay $15 per shot, having ignored Pfizer's offer at a lower price
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Covaxin, developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the ICMR, effectively neutralises both Alpha and Delta variants of coronavirus, US' National Institute of Health has said