- The Central Drug Standard Control Organisation’s (CDSCO) Subject Expert Committee has approved Bharat Biotech International’s proposal to conduct the Phase 2 clinical trial of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (live attenuated) vaccine to assess the safety and immunogenicity in adolescent and adult populations.
- According to a release, the MTBVAC is the first vaccine against TB derived from a human source to begin clinical trials in adults in India.
- This vaccine was developed in the laboratory of the University of Zaragoza, in collaboration with Brigitte Gicquel of the Pasteur Institute in Paris.
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