Needle-free Covid-19 vaccines by Zydus now in India
The Indian government has got its hands on the needle-free vaccine by Zydus Cadila. As per the recent update, the anti-Covid vaccine ZyCoV-D is now available in India after the government’s approval for its usage recently.
In an official statement, the company said, “The company has started the supplies of its Covid-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D to the government of India against their order from its newly commissioned.”
It also added that the vaccine is being manufactured at the Zydus Biotech Park in Changodar, Ahmedabad in a facility called Zydus Vaccine Technology Excellence Center. Now as it is already available in the country, the company is trying to launch the vaccine in the Indian market.
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This vaccine is the first of its kind. It is the world’s first plasmid DNA vaccine, which is parted in three doses. A person will be inoculated painlessly as it is a needle-free system called Tropis. It will be administered on 0, day 28, and day 56.
As of now, the decided price for the vaccines is ₹265 per dose and that makes each dose for ₹93 excluding GST. The company also stated that it has signed an agreement with Shilpa Medicare Limited which will be responsible for producing doses of ZyCoV-D. Other than this, the company also has an agreement with Enzychem Lifescience, a South Korean company, which will also be looking after the manufacturing license as well as the technology transfer for the popular vaccine.
