Covid-19 vaccine: Bharat Biotech completes recruitment for phase 3 trials

More than 5,000 people have been given both shots of the vaccine; efficacy data around March

Amidst a heated debate surrounding the approval of Covaxin, Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine candidate, the Hyderabad based firm on Thursday said that it has completed recruitment of 25,800 people for its phase 3 efficacy trial.

The last leg of enrolment for the trials happened in the last week of December, with the company saying it was half-way through for its recruitment target. On January 2 the company had informed that it has recruited 23,000 volunteers.  The efficacy data is expected around March and over 5000 people have already received both the shots of the vaccine.

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