Biological E prices Corbevax at Rs 800 a dose, plans 100 mn shots

Plans to test vaccine on six-month old infants; seeks EUA for 5- to 12-yr-old children

Hyderabad-based vaccine maker Biological E, which plans to make 100 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine Corbevax a month, has priced the vaccine at Rs 800 (excluding GST) a dose for the private market. It is being sold to the government at Rs 145 per dose, making it the cheapest vaccine in India and also globally, the company claimed.

Biological E has plans to test the vaccine on children as young as six months of age eventually, and is now testing it as a booster shot after Covishield and Covaxin.

Speaking to the media, Mahima Datla, managing director, Biological E