Biological E Vaccine

Subject – Science and Tech

Context – Biological E gets nod for Phase II/III trials on kids

Concept –

Hyderabad-based Biological E has received the nod to move ahead with its clinical trials for children’s vaccine.
The company has the Drugs Controller General of India’s (DCGI) permission to conduct Phase II / III trials of its vaccine candidate on children in the age group of 5 to 18 years.
The development comes even as ZydusCadila’s needle-free Plasmid DNA vaccine received emergency approvals recently for use in adults and children.
Others in the fray running trials on Covid-19 vaccines inchildren or adolescents, as the case may be, include Bharat Biotech, Serum Institute (on the Novavax vaccine) and, more recently, Johnson and Johnson.

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