- No vaccine has yet been made available for covid-19.
- However, covid-19 vaccine is also in development in some countries other than China, America.
- Investigations are also being done on the human body in China and the US.
According to the World Health Organization, a total of 70 such potential vaccines are currently underway. So at the same time some Indian companies are also working towards making covid-19 vaccine.
Covid-19 Vaccine may soon be made in India:
Yes, India is not far behind in making covid-19 injection. Serum Institute of India (SII), a company based in Pune, Maharashtra, has developed a biotechnology organization, CodeAgenics Inc., in the US. (Codagenix Inc) has commenced the production of covid-19 vaccine, Whose testing can be done on human body in the month of September-October. This drug is currently being investigated in the pre-clinical phase. Where, it is tested over animals. The vaccine is expected to be available in the market by early 2022.
It is being said about the vaccine that the company will start production of this covid-19 vaccine made by Oxford University in the next 2-3 weeks. According to the company, it will try to market this vaccine by September-October. Sirum Institute is one of the 5 institutions in the country that undertakes the production of covid-19 vaccine.
These Indian Companies are working On COVID-19 Vaccine
Zydus Cadilla
This Ahmedabad based company is counted among the best companies in the country for making vaccines and injections. Because they have good infrastructure for manufacturing vaccine. In February, the company announced that they would soon begin work to develop the novel corona virus vaccine. For which a research program was also announced by the company.
Bharat Biotech
Bharat Biotech, a Hyderabad-based company, along with the University of Wisconsin Madison and an American company FluGen, announced the manufacture and availability of the vaccine worldwide.
3 companies of Hyderabad are making Kovid-19 medicine
Indian Immunologicals Limited-IIL, together with Griffith University of Australia, decided to start a research program for the manufacture of covid-19 vaccine. There is another company from Hyderabad Biological E. Ltd. is working on the covid-19 vaccine.
A start-up Mynvax Private Limited is going to try to manufacture a coronavirus vaccine in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Science.
