New Delhi are five vaccines against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at various stages of human trials in India, of which two candidates are in advanced phase 3 trials, the government announced on Tuesday. The two include the widely watched Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine being tested by Serum Institute of India and the domestically developed candidate by Bharat Biotech. In both trials, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is also involved. “As far as Covid-19 vaccine development is concerned, India is one of the countries at the forefront. Our Covid-19 vaccine trials are progressing well. Two of the five vaccines undergoing human clinical trials in India have reached the phase 3 stage,” said Niti Aayog’s VK Paul in the weekly Covid-19 media briefing on Tuesday.For the Bharat Biotech-ICMR vaccine candidate, Paul added, phase 2 trials results are expected anytime now. A third candidate, Zydus Cadila’s ZyCovD, has also completed phase 2 trial and is awaiting results while a mandatory follow-up period nears its end.Human trials of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, for which the developer Gamaleya Institute has collaborated with Hyderabad-based Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, is going to start next week, Paul said.“The phase 2 going to phase 3 trial,… Read full this story
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