New Delhi, Dec 27: The nasal vaccine would cost Rs 800 plus taxes at private hospitals and slots can now be booked on the CoWin’s portal, the pharmaceutical major announced on Tuesday.
The fourth week of January will see the introduction of the nasal vaccination, iNCOVACC. Priced at 325 per dose for significant purchases by the Central and state governments, iNCOVACC will be available. The iNCOVACC vaccine is being offered to people over the age of 18 as a booster dose.
According to Bharat Biotech, this is the first intranasal Covid vaccination in the world to be approved for the primary 2-dose schedule and as a heterologous booster dose.
According to a release from Bharat Biotech, phase-III trials and heterologous trials were carried out in 14 and 9 sites nationwide, respectively.