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Bharat Biotech Gets Shot In Arm With 81% Efficacy For COVID-19 Vaccine

Higher Than Comparable, Approved Vaccines

 
• By Vibha Ravi

Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine has shown 80.6% efficacy in interim data from Phase III clinical trials, slightly better than the 79.3% reported by Sinopharm and significantly higher than Sinovac’s 50.6% for their vaccines based on similar technology. Supply deals are already on the way, with Brazil having signed up for 200 million doses.

Backlit single shot image of Bharat Biotech logo on tv screen with a hand holding an Covid-19 vaccine concept
Covaxin's Efficiency Should Give Bharat Biotech A Boost • Source: Shutterstock

In a favorable development, Bharat Biotech has reported 80.6% efficacy for its coronavirus vaccine Covaxin (BBV152) in preventing COVID-19, according to the first interim analysis of data from ongoing Phase III trials in India.

While the efficacy reads lower than the over 90% reported for the mRNA vaccines of Pfizer Inc./BioNTech SE and Moderna, Inc., it is higher than that of other approved inactivated vaccines. A whole virion, inactivated vaccine, Covaxin compares favorably to two Chinese vaccines - Sinovac Biotech Ltd.'s CoronaVac, which reported 50.6% efficacy, and another one from CNBG, the state-owned subsidiary of Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd., which showed a 79

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