Pandemic Perspectives: 20-Plus Vaccines In Development As India Tackles COVID-19 Surge

Will Exports Resume In August?

From mRNA to subunit vaccines, Indian companies have 20 COVID-19 vaccine candidates, while three have already been approved. An August nod for Biological E could not just cut down time to immunize the country's population but also allow exports to resume.

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A little over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, Indian companies have 20 publicly known COVID-19 vaccines in development, on platforms ranging from modern nucleic acid to the traditional inactivated/weakened virus.

Three have made the cut so far, with the domestic regulator approving Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd

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