According to sources, Bharat Biotech is picking up unused stocks of Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, and updating the expiry date on the labels.
This follows after the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) approved that the vaccine’s expiry date can be extended from nine to 12 months. This approval is based on the stability studies showing that the vaccine is good up to 12 months.
Earlier, the shelf life of vaccine was considered to be only up to six months.
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