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How Expert Panel Gave Nod to Bharat Biotech s Covaxin: What Minutes of Meetings Revealed
Even as Bharat Biotech last week called the restricted emergency use of its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin ‘a great milestone for India s scientific capability’, minutes from a meeting of the subject expert committee set up by the India’s drug regulator Central Drugs Standard Control Organization show that the panel wasn’t sure of the “efficacy” of the vaccine but changed its mind within a day.
Reports suggest that the expert panel changed its mind about the vaccine in 24 hours last week. While experts had expressed apprehension, the makers of Covaxin had it out at critics calling it 200% safe .