Typbar TCV or the typhoid conjugate vaccine against typhoid fever, has received pre-qualification from the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Typbar TCV is developed by Bharat Biotech Company, Hyderabad.
This enables the procurement and supplies of this vaccine to UNICEF, Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO) and GAVI (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization) supported countries.
Typbar TCV is the first typhoid vaccine, clinically proven to be administered to children from six months of age to adults and confers long term protection against typhoid fever
Typhoid fever is caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi.