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India’s 1st Indigenous Vaccine against Cervical Cancer - Ceravac

September 3 , 2022 842 days 613 0
  • Serum Institute of India (SII) and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) launched India’s 1st Indigenously developed Vaccine against Cervical Cancer.
  • The vaccine was launched by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology Jitendra Singh.
  • The vaccine is formally named Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus vaccine (qHPV).
  • It has been developed indigenously by SII and was granted clearance by the Drugs Controller General of India in July.
  • As per the data of World Health Organization (WHO), India accounts for more than a fifth of Cervical Cancer patients in the world.

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