According to report by inter-ministerial panel, Bharat Biotech could double its production capacity soon while Serum Institute of India is still looking for ways to expand production.
Plan to increase Covaxin production being overseen by 6-member inter-ministerial panel appointed to augment vaccine manufacturing as Covid cases see a second wave in India.
Health ministry officials say there is no ban on exports but govt is expanding the vaccination drive for which India needs more vaccines for domestic consumption.
The recommendations were made after analysis of interim data of the phase-3 clinical trial of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin's showed the efficacy of the vaccine to be 80.6%.
The high court also asked the Centre to explain in affidavit the rationale behind keeping strict control over class of persons who can be vaccinated against Covid.
Bharat Biotech's phase-3 trial was conducted on 25,800 participants between 18-98 years of age, including 2,433 over the age of 60 and 4,500 with comorbidities.
Covaxin is one of two vaccines being administered as part of India’s Covid vaccination drive. It was given conditional emergency-use nod in absence of complete Phase 3 trial data.
Minutes from Jan meetings showed that India’s drug regulatory agency insisted on seeing efficacy data for Covaxin, before approving it for a restricted use in 'clinical trial mode'.
Covaxin is contraindicated for people who use blood thinners, while Covishield asks recipients to inform physician. But doctors say there’s no rationale.
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