NEW DELHI — An affordable COVID-19 vaccine developed by U.S. researchers and being produced in India could help address the vaccine inequity that is prolonging the pandemic as hundreds of millions in low-income countries wait for shots, according to public health experts.
India recently granted restricted emergency authorization to the vaccine, called Corbevax, which is based on a conventional, protein-based technology.
The Hyderabad-based company Biological E that collaborated with Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, has said it will make 100 million doses starting next month and plans to deliver 1 billion doses globally. It already has a stockpile of 150 million doses.
Source: Voice of America