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Emergency use approval in India

January 6 , 2021 1343 days 833 0
  • The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has recommended the restricted Emergency Use Authorisation for COVISHIELD.
  • COVISHIELD vaccine was developed by Serum Institute of India.
  • It is developed by the University of Oxford and the British Pharmaceutical firm Astra Zeneca.
  • In India, this vaccine is to be made and marketed by Pune Serum Institute of India.
  • It is the first vaccine to be approved in India.
  • India's Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has also reportedly recommended to the DGCI for granting the emergency use approval to the Bharat Biotech's Covaxin coronavirus vaccine.
  • This makes that the Bharat Biotech's Covaxin the second vaccine to get marketing approval from the expert panel.
  • Both the vaccines will have to be administered in two doses and they will have to be stored at 2-8° C.

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