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Bharat Biotech's TB vaccine

March 30 , 2024 99 days 221 0
  • Bharat Biotech, based in Hyderabad, has started clinical trials of MTBVAC.
  • This is the world's first Mycobacterium tuberculosis vaccine derived from a human source, in India.
  • It is being developed by Spanish biopharma player Biofabri in collaboration with Bharat Biotech.
  • MTBVAC is being developed as a more effective and potentially longer-lasting vaccine than BCG vaccine, that is over 100 years old.

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