World’s first Intranasal vaccine iNCOVACC gets DCGI approval for Covid booster doses

World’s first Intranasal vaccine iNCOVACC gets DCGI approval for Covid booster doses

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Category : National Published on: December 01 2022

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  • World’s first Intranasal Vaccine iNCOVACC has received approval for Covid booster doses from Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI).
  • Bharat Biotech’s intranasal Covid-19 vaccine iNCOVACC has received the Indian drug regulator’s nod to be used as a heterologous booster.
  • iNCOVACC has got approval for restricted use in emergency situations on those aged 18 years and above, for heterologous booster after two doses of either Covishield or Covaxin.
  • It is the world's first intranasal vaccine to receive both primary series and heterologous booster approval.
  • iNCOVACC is a chimpanzee adenovirus-based vectored recombinant nasal vaccine that has been specifically formulated to allow intranasal delivery through nasal drops.
  • This nasal vaccine becomes the second-approved Covid-19 vaccine in India, after Biological E’s Corbevax, which can be used as a mix-and-match booster shot.
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