Zydus Cadila has received approval for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for ZyCoV-D on 20\/08\/2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is the world\u2019s first and India\u2019s indigenously developed DNA based vaccine for COVID-19 to be administered in humans including Children and adults 12 years and above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Developed in partnership with the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India under the \u2018Mission COVID Suraksha\u2019 and implemented by BIRAC, ZyCoV-D has been supported under COVID-19 Research Consortia through National Biopharma Mission for Preclinical studies, Phase I and Phase II Clinical Trials and under the Mission COVID Suraksha for Phase III Clinical Trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This 3 dose vaccine which when injected produces the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and elicits an immune response, which plays a vital role in protection from disease as well as viral clearance. The plug-and-play technology on which the plasmid DNA platform is based can be easily adapted to deal with mutations in the virus, such as those already occurring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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