Medical Body ICMR-NICED Proposes Research On Oral Covid Vaccine

The proposed research project will be done in collaboration with a German firm and it has been shortlisted for presentation, an official said.

Kolkata-based medical research body ICMR-NICED has submitted a proposal to the Department of Biotechnology under the Union Ministry of Science and Technology for research on an oral Covid vaccine, a senior official of the institute said today. The proposed research project will be done in collaboration with a German firm and it has been shortlisted for presentation, she said. "We have submitted a proposal for research on an oral vaccine. It will be carried out in collaboration with a German firm. Work can be started once it gets selected and funded," ICMR-NICED Director Shanta Dutta said. She said it will take around five-six years to develop the oral vaccine in a laboratory.