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Pradeep Kumar

11/07/21 13:25 PM IST

First conjugate vaccine for COVID-19

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Cuba develops its indigenously produced Soberana 2 vaccine which was 91.2% efficacious in phase-3 trials T world’s first conjugate vaccine for COVID-19.

Conjugate vaccine
  • Cuba produces about 60-70 percent of the medicines that it consumes domestically and vaccinates against 13 other diseases with 11 vaccines, eight of which are produced in the country.
  • The most common conjugate vaccines are those used for Haemophilus influenza type b and the pneumococcal bacteria.
  • However, a unique aspect of the Soberana vaccine is that it is by far the only one among coronavirus vaccine candidates that relies on the conjugate vaccine technology.
  • Experts say that while there are no inherent disadvantages to taking a conjugate-vaccine approach for
    coronavirus vaccines, they have generally been used against bacteria and not viruses
Source: The Hindu

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