Expert committee to consider SII's emergency use approval for COVID-19 vaccine
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Updated: Dec 30, 2020 15:08 IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): Subject Expert Committee (SEC) of Drugs Controller of India will take a meeting to consider Serum Institute of India's application for emergency use approval of its COVID-19 vaccine, says a government official.
According to the sources, only Serum Institute's application will be considered.
The recommendation of SEC will be sent for drug regulator's approval, later today after the meeting.
Covishield is being manufactured on the Chimpanzee Adenovirus platform and by the SII in Pune. The collaborative company is Astrazeneca. "The regulator had allowed the phase 2 and 3 clubbed clinical trials of the vaccine to them and they have applied for emergency use authorisation," he said.