Permit according to expert panel recommendation… As early as next week, 300 million people start vaccination first.
Indian pharmaceutical company Barat Biotech vaccine likely to be approved for limited use
![A vial and syringe with a corona 19 vaccine sticker attached to the background of AstraZeneca and Oxford University logos are placed. [AFP=연합뉴스]](https://i0.wp.com/img7.yna.co.kr/etc/inner/KR/2021/01/02/AKR20210102042651077_06_i_P4.jpg?w=560&ssl=1)
A vial and syringe with a corona 19 vaccine sticker attached to the background of AstraZeneca and Oxford University logos are placed. [AFP=연합뉴스]
(New Delhi = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Young-hyun = The Indian government officially approved the use of a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccine for multinational pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, the local Ministry of Information and Communication said on the 2nd.
According to the decision of the government expert panel the day before, the drug management authorities were preparing the final presentation, and a senior cabinet official first confirmed this.
According to Bloomberg News and Reuters, India’s Minister of Information and Communication Prakasi Javadekar said on the day that “the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine was approved.”
In India, whether or not to introduce drugs such as vaccines is decided according to the recommendation of an expert panel established under the Indian Drug Administration (DCGI) within the Governmental Agency for Central Medicines and Standards of India (CDSCO).
Local media said that after an expert panel made a decision to approve the use of AstraZeneca vaccine the day before, it has made recommendations to drug management authorities.
This is the first time that an emergency use of the Corona 19 vaccine has been approved in India.
Prior to India, countries that approved the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine were the UK, Argentina, and El Salvador.
In India, the local pharmaceutical company Serum Institute (SII), the world’s largest vaccine company, has been conducting clinical trials of AstraZeneca vaccine.
It is known that SII has already produced 50 million inoculums in preparation for approval. SII plans to increase production to 100 million batches per month by March.
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A man passing by a mural depicting workers in quarantine against the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in Mumbai, India. [로이터=연합뉴스]
Currently, in India, three companies, including SII, Indian pharmaceutical company Barat Biotech, and Pfizer, have applied to the Indian authorities for urgent use of the vaccine, and more than nine companies have started developing and producing vaccines.
In this regard, following AstraZeneca, the use of Barat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine is expected to be approved.
According to local media such as the Hindustan Times, a panel of government experts held a meeting again on the same day and agreed to recommend the government to approve limited emergency use of the vaccine of Barat Biotech.
The Barat Biotech vaccine has been produced in a traditional way using an inactivated virus, and is known to be effective in responding to the mutant Corona 19 virus from the UK.
“Corona 19 is expected to have many mutations,” said Krishna Ella Barat, chairman of Biotech, on the 29th of last month. “Our vaccine using an inactivated virus has a protective function against this.”
Regarding the situation, Javadecar said, “India is probably the only country with more than four vaccines available.”
According to the approval, India plans to start vaccinating as early as next week.
The number of priority vaccination targets set by the Indian government is about 300 million people, including medical staff, police, soldiers, and people in their 50s or older.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsi Bardan said that day, “the vaccine will be distributed free of charge to 30 million people, including medical staff and quarantine front workers.”
On the other hand, the cumulative number of corona 19 confirmed cases in India was 13,005,788 (based on the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) on that day, an increase of 19,000 from the previous day.
The number of new confirmed cases per day, which reached 100,000 in September, has recently declined to around 20,000.
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India’s daily number of new cases of Corona 19. [월드오미터 홈페이지 캡처]
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