Donnerstag, 9. September 2021

India has approved the world’s first DNA vaccine for Covid-19 without any trial data

".....developed and manufactured by Zydus Cadila. The company has claimed that the three-dose vaccine, built on the plasmid DNA platform, has 66.6% efficacy against symptomatic Covid-19. It also claims that this vaccine is safe for children over the ages of 12, making it the paediatric option in India.

The vaccine is an innovative leap for India, which has been the first to approve a DNA platform shot for Covid-19 in the world.

However, no such data are publicly available yet, either in a published study or a preprint interim analysis. This is the second time the Indian government has given the nod to a vaccine without phase 3 trial data after approving Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin in January...."

Quelle:  https://qz.com/india/2050714/what-we-know-about-zycov-d-the-worlds-first-dna-covid-vaccine/

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