Zydus Cadila COVID vaccine ZyCoV-D expected to hit market by June: Report
Ahmedabad: With a goal of producing 240 million doses per year, Zydus Cadila's ZyCoV-D, a second indigenous covid vaccine, is scheduled to reach the market by June, as per a recent report by The Print.
Dr Sharvil Patel, managing director of Zydus Group, informed that the vaccine trial for ZyCoV-D, a plasmid DNA vaccine, is going well. The company intends to submit the data by the end of May and apply for approval in June. He also mentioned that they would begin supplies in June with the ability to produce 10 million (1 crore) doses per month initially, and then find a way to double the potential to 20 million (2 crores) doses per month.
He added that the vaccine trial involved the elderly, people with co-morbidities, and children between the ages of 12 and 17, so it would be an extra benefit.
ZyCoV-D is a DNA vaccine that consists of a DNA plasmid vector carrying the gene encoding the spike protein (S) of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The S protein of the virus includes the receptor-binding domain (RBD), responsible for binding to the human angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE-2) receptor. As a result, ZyCoV-D acts by preventing the novel coronavirus from entering cells by targeting the main viral membrane protein.
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