BMRC decides in principle to allow human trial of 3 Covid vaccines

Bangladesh Medical Research Council on Wednesday decided in principle to permit human trial of three vaccines by three companies from Bangladesh, India and China should they fulfill certain conditions.

‘We have decided to allow human trials of the three vaccines for the sake of Bangladesh,’ BMRC director Ruhul Amin told New Age.

The three vaccines being considered for human trial are Bangavax by Globe Biotech, Covaxin by Bharat Biotech and Vero Cell by Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, said Ruhul Amin.

‘We would have an in-depth discussion over certain conditions of BMRC to be fulfilled before we finally allow human trial of the vaccines,’ said Ruhul Amin.

For instance, he said, the vaccines would have to be applied on monkeys and chimpanzees before human trial.

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