ICMR selects 12 institutes for clinical trial of indigenous Covid vaccine

The ICMR has selected 12 institutes, including one from Odisha, for clinical trial of the country's first indigenous Covid-19 vaccine, an official said on Thursday.

Bhubaneswar-based Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital under the SOA Deemed to be University, has been chosen by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) for undertaking human clinical trials of India's first coronavirus vaccine, an official of the institute said.

ICMR has developed the indigenous Covid-19 vaccine (BBV152 COVID vaccine) partnered with Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL).

The 12 institutes have been asked by the ICMR to fast track clinical trials of the vaccine as it