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EUL to Covaxin from WHO expected in first week of August: Report

A WHO pre-qualification, or EUL, is necessary for a vaccine company to supply vaccines for global facilities such as Covax or international procurement.

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1 min read Last Updated : Jul 10 2021 | 7:49 PM IST

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is likely to take a decision on Emergency Use Listing (EUL) of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin and announce it in the first week of August.

A WHO pre-qualification, or EUL, is necessary for a vaccine company to supply vaccines for global facilities such as Covax or international procurement.

The WHO has approved vaccines Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca- SK Bio/SII, Johnson & Johnson Janssen, Moderna and Sinopharm for emergency use.

The indigenous vaccine showed 63.6 per cent efficacy against the Delta variant of Covid-19, which has spread in many other countries.

Covaxin demonstrated 93.4 per cent efficacy against severe symptomatic Covid-19 and 63.6 per cent against asymptomatic Covid-19.

The trial was conducted on 25,800 subjects, and the data submitted to the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) showed the vaccine was "well-tolerated.

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First Published: Jul 10 2021 | 7:49 PM IST

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