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GK QUESTION#3968

Which Indian biotech firm, with assistance from DBT and BIRAC, created the country’s first homegrown mRNA vaccine for COVID-19?

  1. APanacea Biotec
  2. BGennova Biopharmaceuticals Ltd.Correct answer
  3. CBharat Biotech
  4. DSerum Institute of India
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B. Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Ltd.

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Gennova Biopharmaceuticals developed India’s first indigenous mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with DBT and BIRAC support. The development candidate HGCO 19 led to GEMCOVAC-19; this should be distinguished from the later Omicron-targeted booster.

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