DCGI approves Bharat Biotech For Intra-Nasal Vaccine Phase-3 Trial

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• Jan 29, 2022 | Sourav Boruah

Digital Desk: The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) recently approved Bharat Biotech, which is an Indian multinational biotechnology company headquartered in the city of Hyderabad, for Intra – Nasal Vaccine Phase -3 trials.

According to reports, an Intranasal vaccine would be simple to inject and also will reduce the use of needles and syringes, unlike before.

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The approval for the clinical trials was granted on Friday and the trials would evaluate the nasal vaccine for both the two-dose primary schedule and also to use as a booster dose schedule.

According to Chairman of Bharat Biotech Krishna Ella, it would also impact the overall cost of a vaccination drive. Notably, BBV154 is an intranasal replication-deficient chimpanzee adenovirus SARS-CoV-2 vectored vaccine.