Reuters reported on Thursday. Pharmaceutical company Zydus Cadila will supply 1 crore doses of ZyCoV-D, the world's first Plasmid DNA Covid vaccine, to the Centre by this month.
The Centre has already placed an initial order for one crore doses of the vaccine. Earlier, the Centre had placed an order to supply one crore doses of ZyCoV-D at ₹265 per dose and the needle-free applicator being offered at ₹93 per dose, excluding GST.
Recently, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has approved ZyCoV-D for restricted use in emergency situation in the age group 12 years and above.
ZyCoV-D is the first DNA plasmid vaccine in the world for human use, developed indigenously by the company against the Covid-19 virus.