Spotlight Back On Indian Rotavirus Vaccine Controversy

A public interest litigation (PIL) has sought to revive efforts to access segregated trial data from an indigenous oral rotavirus vaccine (Rotavac) in India amid concerns that it might be associated with a higher risk of intussusception in certain pockets of the country. And in a further dimension, an expert panel recently brought up a "representation" on the inclusion of intussusception in the vaccine's package insert.