China has become the first country to green-light an inhaled Covid-19 vaccine, paving the way for potential use of the needle-free product in the country, where suppressing the spread of Covid-19 remains a top priority
The vaccine maker, CanSino Biologics, said in a statement Sunday that China's medicines regulator had approved the inhaled dose for emergency use as a booster vaccine. The product, known as Convidecia Air, delivers a vaccine dose through a puff of air from a nebulizer that is then inhaled by mouth. CanSino's injected Convidecia Covid-19 vaccine is already in use in China and has been approved in a handful of other countries.
CanSino cautioned in a company filing that some regulatory steps remain before the vaccine can go to market, and said its product would face"fierce competition" domestically, where nine vaccines have so far received authorization.In a news release, CanSino said Convidecia Air"can induce strong humoral, cellular and mucosal immunity."The manufacturer didn't provide data to support those claims, but referred to studies in The Lancet medical journal.
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