Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine has shown 80.6% efficacy in interim data from Phase III clinical trials, slightly better than the 79.3% reported by Sinopharm and significantly higher than Sinovac’s 50.6% for their vaccines based on similar technology. Supply deals are already on the way, with Brazil having signed up for 200 million doses.
In a favorable development, Bharat Biotech has reported 80.6% efficacy for its coronavirus vaccine Covaxin (BBV152) in preventing COVID-19, according to the first interim analysis of data from ongoing Phase III trials in India.
While the efficacy reads lower than the over 90% reported for the mRNA vaccines of Pfizer Inc./BioNTech SE...
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