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Covaxin maker can allocate at least 10M COVID-19 vaccine doses for PH - distributor

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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1635925" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA - The manufacturer of COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin can allocate at least 10 million doses for the Philippines, an adviser to one of the local distributors said Tuesday.</p><p>India&#x27;s Bharat Biotech and the state-run Indian Council of Medical Research developed Covaxin together, and it was approved by the country&#x27;s drug regulator based on early and intermediate studies. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was inoculated with the drug earlier this month.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/03/01/21/modi-takes-home-grown-vaccine-as-india-widens-immunization-drive">Modi takes home-grown vaccine as India widens immunization drive</a></li></ul><p>Bharat Biotech reported last week that its vaccine has an interim vaccine efficacy of 81% in late-stage clinical trials. This analysis was based on the trial among 25,800 participants.</p><p>The company has applied for emergency use authorization in the Philippines last January.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/21/21/indias-bharat-biotech-applies-for-emergency-use-authorization-in-ph-for-its-covid-19-vaccine">India’s Bharat Biotech applies for emergency use authorization in PH for its COVID-19 vaccine</a></li></ul><p>Noel Miranda, scientific adviser to local company IP Biotech, said they are &quot;working on 10 to 20 million doses that could be allocated for the Philippines alone throughout 2021 to 2022.&quot;</p><p>IP Biotech and Ambica International have an exclusive agreement with Bharat Biotech to distribute the Covaxin in the Philippines.</p><p>&quot;We have kind of an access to an allocation of about 10 to 20 million and we want them to start coming in as soon as April,&quot; Miranda told ANC&#x27;s Headstart.</p><p>Pressed if the number would be for 5 or 10 individuals receiving the 2 doses necessary, he said it would be &quot;at least 10 million&quot; and affirmed that he was pertaining to doses.</p><p>Bharat&#x27;s website said Covaxin &quot;is a 2-dose vaccination regimen given 28 days apart.&quot; It does not require sub-zero storage and reconstitution. It is in &quot;ready to use liquid presentation in multi-dose vials, stable at 2-8 degrees Celsius.&quot;</p><p>A single dose of Covaxin would cost around $14, said Miranda.</p><p>&quot;It’s not going to be far from Sinovac, but this is something to be negotiated as well. We are doing our best to come out with a good negotiation,&quot; he said.</p><p>The Philippines is currently building its vaccine portfolio in the hopes to vaccinate at least 70 percent of its population to achieve herd immunity against COVID-19. The country&#x27;s Food and Drug Administration has so far granted EUA to the vaccines made by Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Sinovac.</p><p>The Department of Health reported 3,356 additional COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total to 597,763. It was the fourth straight day that there were more than 3,000 new reported infections.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/08/21/ph-logs-more-than-3000-addl-cases-for-4th-straight-day-total-nears-598000">PH logs more than 3,000 add’l cases for 4th straight day; total nears 598,000</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1631718" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>The manufacturer of COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin can allocate at least 10 million doses for the Philippines, an adviser to one of the local distributors said Tuesday.</p>

The manufacturer of COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin can allocate at least 10 million doses for the Philippines, an adviser to one of the local distributors said Tuesday.