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Published April 15, 2021, 6:00 AM
Mexico’s health regulator Cofepris recently authorized the emergency use of India’s COVID-19 vaccine COVAXIN. Mexico has registered over 2.2 million Covid-19 cases and 209,000 deaths, ranking 14th in the worldwide report.
Mexico is a member of the Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme (PIC/S), a non-binding, informal cooperative arrangement between various regulatory authorities in the field of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) of medicinal products for human or veterinary use; it aims at harmonising inspection procedures worldwide by developing common standards in the field of GMP. Accordingly, Mexico is the first Latin American country to roll out its vaccine program, and the second PIC/S country to grant approval for Covaxin.