India clears 2 new vaccines, one pill

India has cleared two more covid vaccines and one pill today. The two latest vaccines approved by drug regulator CDSCO are Corbevax and Covovax. The anti-viral drug Molnupiravir can be used only in an emergency, informed Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.

Corbevax is India’s first homegrown ‘RBD protein sub-unit vaccine’, Mandaviya tweeted this morning. It is made by the Hyderabad-based firm Biological-E.

‘It’s a hat-trick! It’s now third vaccine developed in India,’ Mandaviya said. The other two vaccines developed in India are Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin and the Serum Institute of India’s (SII) Covishield.