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Published on:October 2020
Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, 2020; 54(3s):s457-sS463
Review Article | doi:10.5530/ijper.54.3s.144

COVID-19 Vaccine Development, Trials and Tribulations


Authors and affiliation (s):

Juny Sebastian1, Mandyam Dhati Ravi2, Tegginamat Pramod Kumar3,*

1Department of Pharmacy Practice, JSS College of Pharmacy, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, S S Nagara, Mysuru, Karnataka, INDIA.

2Department of Pediatrics, JSS Medical College and Hospital, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, S S Nagara, Mysuru, INDIA.

3Department of Pharmaceutics, JSS College of Pharmacy, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, S S Nagara, Mysuru, Karnataka, INDIA.

Abstract:

The coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is a pandemic viral infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Currently, COVID-19 has affected 210 countries and territories around the world. But there is no clinically approved antiviral drug or vaccine against COVID-19. Governments, private manufactures, academic institutions and non-profit organizations are working hard at a breakneck pace to develop a vaccine for COVID-19. However, vaccine development is very lengthy and expensive process, typically takes many years to produce a licensed vaccine. Because of the high failure rates and cost factors, developers generally follow a linear development sequence with multiple pauses for analysis of data. But in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, development steps need to be executed parallel before confirming the outcome of the previous step. In the current review, we summarize the process involved in the COVID-19 vaccine development and its challenges.

Key words: Candidate Vaccine, Corona Virus, COVID-19 Vaccine, SARS-CoV-2, Vaccine Clinical Trial, Vaccine Development.

 




 

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