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Indigenous COVID Vaccine Covaxin Has Drawn Global Attention: ICMR

ICMR tweeted, “Encouraging Phase I/II trial results have paved the path for Phase III Clinical Trials in India”

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The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) put out a tweet on Thursday night, 24 December, that Bharat Biotech’s indigenous COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin, has drawn global attention, and has sparked the interest of medical journal Lancet, that may publish trial results.

ICMR said, "Encouraging Phase I and Phase II COVAXIN trial results have paved the path for Phase III Clinical Trial in India, which is currently ongoing at 22 sites."

ICMR tweeted, “Encouraging Phase I/II trial results have paved the path for Phase III Clinical Trials in India”
ICMR tweeted that Covaxin, has drawn global attention.
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All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi is a COVAXIN Phase III clinical trial site. After the successful completion of Phase I and II trials (safety and immunogenicity), they invited volunteers on Thursday to be part of the Phase III trials, reported ANI.

(With inputs from ANI)

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