GK QUESTION#3968
Which Indian biotech firm, with assistance from DBT and BIRAC, created the country’s first homegrown mRNA vaccine for COVID-19?
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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.