It will be approved for use in SG.
- It will be cheaper than Pfizer, Moderna and Sinochem's vaccine
- It will be a concession that SG has to give for trying to go back on CECA and reduce the flood of incoming shitskins
- Politics
India's COVAXIN likely effective against UK coronavirus variant: Study
Indian Health Minister Harsh Vardhan holds a dose of Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine called COVAXIN, during a vaccination campaign at All India Institute of Medical Sciences hospital in New Delhi, on Jan 16, 2021.
(File photo: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi)
27 Jan 2021 05:27PM
NEW DELHI: A vaccine developed by India's Bharat Biotech and a government research institute is likely to be effective against the British strain of the coronavirus, according to a study on 26 participants shared by the company on Wednesday (Jan 27).
The findings on COVAXIN, which is in use in India after receiving emergency-use authorisation early this month, have been published on the website bioRxiv, which carries research not certified by peer review.
"Sera from the vaccine recipients could neutralise the UK-variant strains discounting the uncertainty around potential escape," wrote scientists from the company and its partner, the state-run Indian Council of Medical Research.
"It is unlikely that the mutation 501Y would be able to dampen the potential benefits of the vaccine in concern."
Another study published on bioRxiv last week said a vaccine developed by American company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech was also likely to protect against the more infectious variant that has now spread around the world, with 150 cases in India.
While approving COVAXIN without any efficacy data from an ongoing late-stage trial, India's drug regulator had touted its ability to act against the whole body of a virus instead of just its "spike-protein" tip, potentially making it more effective in case of mutations.
India has already expanded the use of the vaccine in its massive immunisation programme that began on Jan 16 and has so far covered more than 2 million people on the frontline such as sanitation workers, nurses and doctors.
The world's second-most populous country, which has reported the most number of COVID-19 infections after the United States, has also approved the AstraZeneca-Oxford University shot for emergency use.
India on Wednesday reported 12,689 new COVID-19 infections, taking the total to 10.69 million. Deaths rose by 137 to 153,724.
Bharat Biotech has sought emergency-use authorisation for its vaccine in the Philippines and is also in talks with Brazil to sell shots.
- It will be cheaper than Pfizer, Moderna and Sinochem's vaccine
- It will be a concession that SG has to give for trying to go back on CECA and reduce the flood of incoming shitskins
- Politics
India's COVAXIN likely effective against UK coronavirus variant: Study
Indian Health Minister Harsh Vardhan holds a dose of Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine called COVAXIN, during a vaccination campaign at All India Institute of Medical Sciences hospital in New Delhi, on Jan 16, 2021.
(File photo: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi)
27 Jan 2021 05:27PM
NEW DELHI: A vaccine developed by India's Bharat Biotech and a government research institute is likely to be effective against the British strain of the coronavirus, according to a study on 26 participants shared by the company on Wednesday (Jan 27).
The findings on COVAXIN, which is in use in India after receiving emergency-use authorisation early this month, have been published on the website bioRxiv, which carries research not certified by peer review.
"Sera from the vaccine recipients could neutralise the UK-variant strains discounting the uncertainty around potential escape," wrote scientists from the company and its partner, the state-run Indian Council of Medical Research.
"It is unlikely that the mutation 501Y would be able to dampen the potential benefits of the vaccine in concern."
Another study published on bioRxiv last week said a vaccine developed by American company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech was also likely to protect against the more infectious variant that has now spread around the world, with 150 cases in India.
While approving COVAXIN without any efficacy data from an ongoing late-stage trial, India's drug regulator had touted its ability to act against the whole body of a virus instead of just its "spike-protein" tip, potentially making it more effective in case of mutations.
India has already expanded the use of the vaccine in its massive immunisation programme that began on Jan 16 and has so far covered more than 2 million people on the frontline such as sanitation workers, nurses and doctors.
The world's second-most populous country, which has reported the most number of COVID-19 infections after the United States, has also approved the AstraZeneca-Oxford University shot for emergency use.
India on Wednesday reported 12,689 new COVID-19 infections, taking the total to 10.69 million. Deaths rose by 137 to 153,724.
Bharat Biotech has sought emergency-use authorisation for its vaccine in the Philippines and is also in talks with Brazil to sell shots.
