New Delhi: Jadhav informed during a webinar that the firm has been working on five vaccines against the novel coronavirus, including the Covishield which got approval for emergency use roll-out for mass immunization drive began on Saturday.
“For one (vaccine) we have received emergency approval, three others are in different stages of clinical studies while one is in the pre-clinical stage of the trial,” he said.
The SII has partnered with Novavax Inc to manufacture its potential Covid-19 vaccine for India and other countries.
Under an agreement with the US drug developer, the Pune based drugmaker will develop two hundred crore doses of Novavax’s vaccine candidate annually.
The drugmaker will also manufacture the antigen component of the vaccine.
The SII has also partnered with the US-based Codagenix to manufacture and supply its coronavirus vaccine.
The firm’s first Covid vaccine is developed from the masterseed of AstraZeneca/Oxford University’s vaccine against the disease.
It was approved by India’s drug regulator on January 3 for emergency use authorization alongwith Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin.
However, both the drugmakers are being criticised for less transparent data in their clinical trials and receiving the approvals without completing the due process of drug licencing.
