The vaccine completed standard pre-clinical studies, and an optimum immune response was elicited by the adjuvant vaccine in phase-1 trials in India
He expressed satisfaction on the progress of the research connected with the vaccine development so far, but insisted that "in science, things can change"
Ties up with Thomas Jefferson University to develop a vaccine candidate that showed a strong antibody response in mice
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The vaccine will be developed using the virus strain isolated at the ICMR's National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, a statement said.
With vaccines of some firms already in animal trial phase, developers say that if all goes well, India could have a vaccine by next year
CoroFlu will build on the backbone of vaccine firm FluGen's flu vaccine candidate, a self-limiting version of the influenza virus that induces an immune response against the flu.
Hillchol was designed at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and subsequently developed by Hilleman Labs
Target company is a single-product vaccine maker with an installed capacity of 15 million doses of anti-rabies vaccine a year; revenues were Rs 180 cr last year
Typbar TCV is a result of dedicated product development at Bharat Biotech since 2001
Vaccine is safe, 100% immunogenic, and prevents 55% of typhoid infections in the challenge trial and up to 87% infections