BE’s indigenous Covid-19 vaccine Corbevax gets WHO’s approval

Biological E. Limited on Tuesday, announced that the World Health Organisation has granted an Emergency Use Listing to their Corbevax vaccine.

BE’s indigenous Covid-19 vaccine Corbevax gets WHO’s approval
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HYDERABAD: Biological E. Limited (BE), a Hyderabad-based vaccines and pharmaceutical company on Tuesday, announced that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has granted an Emergency Use Listing (EUL) to their Corbevax vaccine, which is India's first indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccine that is based on protein sub-unit platform.

The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) already approved Corbevax for restricted use in emergencies among adults, adolescents, and young children in a sequential manner from December 2021 to April 2022; as well as India’s first heterologous Covid-19 booster shot for adults age 18 and above in June 2022. BE supplied 100 million doses of Corbevax to the Government of India which were then utilised in pan-India immunization campaigns; mainly in 12-14-year-old children.

Mahima Datla, Managing Director, BE said: “We are pleased with the WHO EUL because it would help us to use the platform to continue developing Covid-19 vaccines as and when it starts impacting public health. We are confident that this endorsement from WHO will bolster our global fight against Covid-19.’’

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She said that BE would reach the people in those countries with Corbevax, just as the company did with all its other vaccines. “Our commitment is to provide affordable and accessible vaccines that are of high quality. While several companies which entered the field of vaccine development and manufacturing during the pandemic exited soon afterward either due to paucity of funds or lack of success, BE continues to remain committed to developing and providing access to high-quality affordable vaccines globally by constantly enlarging its portfolio of offerings.’’

Next-generation Covid-19 vaccine

BE has been working on a next-generation Covid-19 vaccine that is based on the XBB1.5 variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which would conform to WHO TAG-CO-VAC recommendations. BE's candidate vaccine has completed all required pre-clinical animal studies, which suggests that it will provide adequate protection against the currently circulating variants.

BE has recently received final approval from CDSCO to begin clinical trials of the XBB.1.5 variant vaccine in India. The clinical trials will commence soon at various trial sites in India. BE already qualified manufacturing infrastructure for producing variant vaccines to initiate supply at short notice.

The Corbevax vaccine is administered through the intramuscular route with two doses scheduled 28 days apart and is stored at 2 to 8 degrees Celsius temperature and presented as 0.5 ml (single dose) vial, 5 ml (10 doses) vial, and 10 mL (20 doses) vial pack.

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