Sputnik Light gets Phase 3 trial nod

Sputnik Light is a single-dose version of Sputnik V vax

The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted permission to Dr Reddy’s Laboratories to conduct the Phase III bridging trials of Sputnik Light on the Indian population. Sputnik Light is a single-dose version of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine.

The nod comes after a recent study published in the medical journal The Lancet said that Sputnik Light showed 78.6 per cent to 83.7 per cent efficacy against COVID-19, significantly higher than most two-shot vaccines. A Subject Expert Committee (SEC) meeting held on August 5 recommended the trial condition based on the efficacy of the vaccine also to be evaluated on the 42nd, 90th, and 180th day following the second dose.

“Interim analysis can be conducted on Day 42 as this data was generated during the Sputnik V trials in India after the first dose, which was stated to be available up to day 21,” reads the minutes of the SEC meeting.

The DGCI had granted emergency-use approval to Sputnik V in April. 

Active cases down further

India recorded 27,176 fresh COVID-19 cases and 284 fatalities, while the active cases dropped further to 3,51,087, according to the Union health ministry’s data updated on Wednesday morning. The active caseload reduced by 11,120 in a span of 24 hours.

Meanwhile, INSACOG, the genome sequencing consortium, has said that no cases of Mu and C.1.2 SARS-CoV-2 variants have not been found in India as yet. The Delta variant and its sub-lineages continue to the main Variants of Concern in the country, it added. 

‘India top source of social media misinformation’

India produced the largest amount of social media misinformation on COVID-19 due to its higher internet penetration rate, according to a new study. The study, ‘Prevalence and Source Analysis of COVID-19 Misinformation in 138 Countries’, analysed 9,657 pieces of misinform-ation that originated in 138 nations. They were fact-
checked by 94 organisat-ions. “Of all the countries, India (18.07 per cent) produced the largest amount of social media misinformation,” it said. The results also showed that India (15.94 per cent), the US (9.74 per cent), Brazil (8.57 per cent) and Spain (8.03 per cent) are the four most misinf-ormation-affected nations.

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