New Delhi: India’s first intra-nasal Covid-19 vaccine iNCOVACC will be unveiled on January 26, Republic Day. Union Home Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya will launch homegrown and world’s first intranasal vaccine on Thursday. The intranasal vaccine was developed by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech.
The iNCOVACC is a recombinant replication-deficient adenovirus vectored vaccine with a pre-fusion stabilized spike protein. This vaccine candidate was evaluated in phase I, II and III clinical trials with successful results.