Serum Institute seeks DCGI emergency use nod for rBCG tuberculosis vaccine
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New Delhi: The Serum Institute has applied to the Drugs Controller General of India seeking emergency use authorisation for its recombinant BCG (rBCG) vaccine for the prevention of tuberculosis, official sources said on Sunday. The EUA application was submitted on March 22 by Prakash Kumar Singh, Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs at the Serum Institute of India (SII).
India's TB immunisation programme currently offers BCG vaccination at birth or as early as possible till one year of age.
SII already supplies life-saving vaccines to the government under the Universal Immunisation Programme, including Pneumococcal, IPV and Rotavirus, Singh mentioned in his letter.
The Pune-based firm is one of the companies which supply BCG vaccine to the government.
"Our government is committed to eliminate TB. The vision of TB-free India has been energised by the clarion call of the prime minister to end TB from our country by 2025 , five years ahead of the Sustainable Development Goal of ending TB," Singh mentioned in his letter.
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