Pune: The Serum Institute of India (SII) is currently developing another vaccine with US drug-maker Novavax. Serum’s CEO Adar Poonawalla said on Saturday he hopes to la
unch the new vaccine ‘Covovax’ by June.
Covovax has been found to be 89.3 per cent effective in a UK trial.
“Our partnership for a COVID-19 vaccine with @Novavax has also published excellent efficacy results. We have also applied to start trials in India. Hope to launch #COVOVAX by June 2021!” Poonawalla tweeted this afternoon.
Poonawalla’s firm is already making Covishield, developed in partnership with the Oxford University and British-Swedish firm AstraZeneca. Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin are being used in the first phase of vaccination process in India.
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