Covaxin / BBV152
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Key facts
- Drug.caption2
- A vial of Covaxin
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- COVAXIN Logo.svg
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- Bharat Biotech Covaxin Bangalore BESTpedia.jpg
- Drug.type
- vaccine
- Drug.target
- SARS-CoV-2
- Drug.vaccine_type
- Inactivated
- Drug.tradename
- Covaxin
- Drug.routes_of_administration
- Intramuscular
- Drug.ATC_prefix
- J07
- Drug.ATC_suffix
- BN03
- Drug.legal_status
- Full list of Covaxin authorizations
- Drug.CAS_number
- 2501889-19-4
- Drug.UNII
- 76JZE5DSN6
- Drug.DrugBank
- DB15847
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- inactivated vaccine
- Country of origin
- India
- Developer
- National Institute of Virology
- Manufacturer
- Bharat Biotech International
- Image
- Covaxin.jpg
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- vaccine for
- COVID-19
- route of administration
- intramuscular injection
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- Covaxin
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Medical uses
- Effectiveness
- Efficacy
- Manufacturing
- History
- Clinical trials
- Phase I and II trials
- Phase III trials
- US Immunobridging and booster Phase II/III trial
- Phase IV trials
- Trials on minors
- Variants
- Authorisations
- India
- Other nations
- See also
- References
- External links
Covaxin (development name, BBV152) is a whole inactivated virus-based COVID-19 vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research - National Institute of Virology.
On 3 November 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) validated the vaccine for emergency use, as the first Indian-developed COVID-19 vaccine to be approved. By 31 January 2022, Covaxin had been granted emergency use approval in 13 countries.
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