India's first mRNA vaccine against Omicron approved
GEMCOVAC-OM, India's first indigenous mRNA vaccine for Omicron variant was approved under emergency use guidelines by the Drug Controller General of India.
India's first mRNA vaccine against Omicron approved
GEMCOVAC-OM, India's first indigenous mRNA vaccine for Omicron variant was approved under emergency use guidelines by the Drug Controller General of India.
Makers said it can be stored in ordinary refrigerators. It could be administered into the skin via a "needle-free" PharmaJet system.
It is the second vaccine to get approved after the Pune-based GEMCOVAC-19 last year. Both the vaccines are yet to be commercially available.
•mRNA (messenger RNA) vaccines– These vaccines inject a fragment of the RNA sequence of a virus directly into the cells, which then stimulate an adaptive immune response. That immune response, which produces antibodies, is what protects us from getting infected if the real virus enters our bodies.