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Zydus Cadila starts human trails of COVID-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D
Speaking on the development, Chairman, Zydus Cadila, Mr. Pankaj R. Patel said, "This is an all-important step in our fight against COVID-19. We acknowledge the support of the National Biopharma Mission, BIRAC, Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, and regulatory agencies ICMR and DCGI in the development of the ZyCoV-D vaccine candidate. We look forward to the Adaptive Phase I/II clinical studies and gathering important data on ZyCoV-D in the months ahead."
Ahmedabad: Zydus, an innovation-driven global healthcare company, has announced that the Adaptive Phase I/ II human clinical trials of its plasmid DNA vaccine, ZyCoV-D has commenced with the first human dosing.
The Adaptive Phase I/II dose-escalation, the multi-centric study will assess the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of the vaccine. The human dosing of the vaccine marks a key milestone since the launching of the accelerated vaccine development program for COVID-19 in February 2020.
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Speaking on the development, Chairman, Zydus Cadila, Mr. Pankaj R. Patel said, "This is an all-important step in our fight against COVID-19. We acknowledge the support of the National Biopharma Mission, BIRAC, Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, and regulatory agencies ICMR and DCGI in the development of the ZyCoV-D vaccine candidate. We look forward to the Adaptive Phase I/II clinical studies and gathering important data on ZyCoV-D in the months ahead."
In the Adaptive Phase I/ II clinical trials, Zydus will be enrolling over 1000 subjects across multiple clinical study sites in India. The Company has already manufactured clinical GMP batches of the vaccine candidate for the clinical trials.
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Ruchika Sharma joined Medical Dialogue as an Correspondent for the Business Section in 2019. She covers all the updates in the Pharmaceutical field, Policy, Insurance, Business Healthcare, Medical News, Health News, Pharma News, Healthcare and Investment. She has completed her B.Com from Delhi University and then pursued postgraduation in M.Com. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in Contact no. 011-43720751