Covaxin safe in 2 to 18-year-olds: Lancet

New Delhi, June 17

Indian vaccine maker Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin, the whole-virion inactivated Covid-19 vaccine, has proven to be safe, well-tolerated and highly immunogenic in paediatric subjects aged 2 to 18 years in Phase 2 and 3 studies.

The safety and efficacy study has been published in Lancet Infectious Diseases, a peer reviewed high impact factor journal.

The research shows Bharat Biotech conducted Phase II/III, open-label and multicentre study to evaluate the safety, reactogenicity and immunogenicity of Covaxin in healthy children and adolescents in 2-18 years of age group. The clinical trial in the paediatric population between June 2021 and September 2021 showed safety, less reactogenic and robust immunogenicity.

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