₹265 per dose. "Zydus Cadila has received an order to supply one crore doses of ZyCoV-D, the world's first Plasmid DNA Vaccine, to the Government of India at ₹265 per dose and the needle-free applicator is being offered at ₹93 per dose, excluding GST," the pharma firm said in a regulatory filing.
The vaccine will be administered using a needle-free applicator as opposed to the traditional syringes. The applicator is called "PharmaJet".
PharmaJet is a needle-free applicator to ensure painless intradermal vaccine delivery, which also leads to a significant reduction in any kind of major side effects.
ZyCoV-D is the first DNA plasmid vaccine in the world for human use, developed indigenously by the company against Covid-19, Zydus Cadila