Covaxin Granted EUL by WHO: Tracing The COVID-19 Vaccine's Journey
The QuintOn 7 December Bharat Biotech officially applied for Emergency Use Authorisation for Covaxin. On 9 December, However, the DGCI asked Bharat biotech to submit more data for Covaxin before it could be granted an EUA. On 2 January 2021, Covaxin received EUA from the DGCI for restricted use "in public interest as an abundant precaution, in clinical trial mode, specially in the context of infection by mutant strains”. On 3 March, it was then announced that interim results of the phase 3 clinical trials for Covaxin showed an 81% efficacy in preventing COVID. Quickly, following this, on 11 March, the Drugs Controller General of India, announced that Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin was no longer in 'clinical trial mode', although it remains approved under an EUA.