VINS Bioproducts bags DCGI nod to begin VINCOV-19 trials
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Hyderabad: VINS Bioproducts on Monday received approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to commence the clinical trials for VINCOV-19, an antidote, and a cure against COVID-19, the Hyderabad based immunological company said.
In a statement, VINS Bioproducts said that VINCOV-19, developed by VINS Bioproducts in collaboration with Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and the University of Hyderabad (UoH), as an antidote and a cure, is a significant step in the fight against coronavirus.
The clinical trials of VINCOV-19 will involve over 300 subjects spread across the country. The safety and efficacy of the antibodies will be examined in a group of around 300 patients, with COVID-19, informed the statement.
As per the statement, VINCOV-19, a new therapeutic product, is obtained after immunisation of horses with spike glycoprotein of the inactivated COVID virus. This results in the development of antibodies in the horses and the resultant antisera -- the blood serum containing antibodies -- is synthesised from the horse and can be injected into humans infected with Covid-19 to neutralise the virus.
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