Bharat Biotech Gets Shot In Arm With 81% Efficacy For COVID-19 Vaccine
Higher Than Comparable, Approved Vaccines
Executive Summary
Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine has shown 80.6% efficacy in interim data from Phase III clinical trials, slightly better than the 79.3% reported by Sinopharm and significantly higher than Sinovac’s 50.6% for their vaccines based on similar technology. Supply deals are already on the way, with Brazil having signed up for 200 million doses.
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