Bharat Biotech Releases Long-Awaited Covaxin Phase 3 Data, Claims 77.8% Efficacy
03/07/2021
Union health minister Harsh Vardhan holds up a vial of Covaxin, AIIMS Delhi, January 16, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
New Delhi: Even as its Brazil deal has gone belly-up, with the company staring at two criminal investigations into its attempt to import Covaxin into the South American country, Bharat Biotech has released the preprint paper describing the phase 3 trials of the beleaguered vaccine.
The company said in a statement that Covaxin demonstrated an efficacy of 77.8% in the trials.
“I am delighted to note that Covaxin developed by ICMR and BBIL, under an effective public-private partnership, has demonstrated an overall efficacy of 77.8% in India’s largest COVID-19 phase 3 clinical trial thus far,” Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) director-general Dr Balram Bhargava told