Zydus Cadila will supply 1 crore doses of ZyCoV-D, the world's first Plasmid DNA COVID-19 vaccine, to the Government of India by December, government sources said on Thursday.
The Centre has placed an initial order for one crore doses of the vaccine, they added. 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.
ZyCoV-D is the first DNA plasmid vaccine in the world for human use, developed indigenously by the company against the Covid-19 virus.
It is also the first COVID-19 vaccine that is needle-free and administered using PharmaJet, a needle-free applicator to ensure painless intradermal vaccine delivery which also