13,000 volunteers given 2nd dose of Covaxin: Bharat Biotech

Hyderabad, Jan 22 : Bharat Biotech on Friday announced that 13,000 volunteers have been successfully administered the second dose of its Covid vaccine Covaxin in the phase-3 trials.
Suchitra Ella, Joint Managing Director, Bharat Biotech International Limited, thanked the volunteers for their pro-vaccine public health volunteerism.
The announcement came amid the continuing administration of Covaxin in the country in clinical trial mode as part of the nationwide vaccination programme launched for healthcare workers on January 16.
The Hyderabad-based firm had on January 7 announced that it completed the recruitment of 25,800 people for its phase 3 trials.
On January 2, the company said that it has recruited 23,000 volunteers. The next day Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) approved its restricted use in the clinical trial mode.
The phase-3 human clinical trials of Covaxin began mid-November, targeted to be done in 26,000 volunteers across India. This is India’s first and only phase-3 efficacy study for a Covid-19 vaccine, and the largest phase-3 efficacy trial ever conducted for any vaccine in the country.