India's Zydus Cadila seeks approval for its 3-dose COVID vaccine

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Indian drugmaker Zydus Cadila has applied for emergency use approval of its three-dose COVID-19 vaccine that showed efficacy of 66.6% in an interim study.

A police officer manages people who came to receive a dose of a coronavirus disease vaccine outside a vaccination centre in AhmedabadBENGALURU -Indian drugmaker Zydus Cadila said on Thursday it has applied for emergency use approval of its three-dose COVID-19 vaccine that showed efficacy of 66.6% in an interim study and could become the second home-grown shot if regulators consent.

Zydus' vaccine "will certainly help in ramping up India's overall vaccination drive as it would be the fifth approved," Prashant Khadayate, a pharmaceutical industry analyst at GlobalData said.

 

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