ZyCoV-D: NEW needle-free vaccine against Coronavirus

Ahmedabad-based vaccine manufacturer Zydus Cadila on Wednesday announced that it has started supplying Covid vaccine ZyCoV-D to the Centre.

"The company has started the supplies of its Covid-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D, to the Government of India against their order from its newly-commissioned state of the art, Zydus Vaccine Technology Excellence Centre at the Zydus Biotech Park in Ahmedabad," Zydus said in a statement.

It is also planning to make the vaccine available in the private market, it added. 

ZyCoV-D is a three-dose vaccine administered intradermally using the painless PharmaJet needle free system on day 0, day 28 and day 56. It will be priced at Rs 265 per dose and the applicator being offered at Rs 93 per dose excluding GST.