Representative Image ANI | Updated: Dec 11, 2020 21:03 IST New Delhi [India], December 11 (ANI): In a major development in the fight against COVID-19, India's first indigenous mRNA vaccine candidate has received approval from Indian Drug regulators to initiate Phase I/II human clinical trial. The novel mRNA vaccine candidate, HGCO19 has been developed by Gennova, Pune, and supported with a seed grant under the Ind-CEPI mission of the Department of Biotechnology of Union Ministry of Science and Technology. According to a release from the Ministry of Science and Technology, the mRNA vaccines do not use the conventional model to produce an immune response.