India’s first intranasal Covid vaccine to be launched on Jan 26

By PTI

BHOPAL: Homegrown vaccine maker Bharat Biotech will launch its intranasal COVID-19 vaccine iNCOVACC, the primary of its variety in India, on January 26, the corporate’s chairman and managing director Krishna Ella stated right here on Saturday.

Interacting with college students on the India International Science Festival in Bhopal, Ella additionally stated that the homegrown vaccine for the lumpy pores and skin illness in cattle, Lumpi-ProVacInd, is more likely to be launched subsequent month.

“Our nasal vaccine will be officially launched on January 26, on Republic Day,” Ella stated, collaborating within the ‘Face-to-Face with New Frontiers in Science’ phase of the IISF, organised on the Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT).

In December, Bharat Biotech had introduced that it might promote the intranasal vaccine for Rs 325 per shot for procurement by the federal government and Rs 800 per shot for personal vaccination centres.

BHOPAL: Homegrown vaccine maker Bharat Biotech will launch its intranasal COVID-19 vaccine iNCOVACC, the primary of its variety in India, on January 26, the corporate’s chairman and managing director Krishna Ella stated right here on Saturday.

Interacting with college students on the India International Science Festival in Bhopal, Ella additionally stated that the homegrown vaccine for the lumpy pores and skin illness in cattle, Lumpi-ProVacInd, is more likely to be launched subsequent month.

“Our nasal vaccine will be officially launched on January 26, on Republic Day,” Ella stated, collaborating within the ‘Face-to-Face with New Frontiers in Science’ phase of the IISF, organised on the Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT).

In December, Bharat Biotech had introduced that it might promote the intranasal vaccine for Rs 325 per shot for procurement by the federal government and Rs 800 per shot for personal vaccination centres.