Bharat Biotech


Bharat Biotech International Limited is an Indian biotechnology company headquartered in Hyderabad, India engaged in the
drug discovery, drug development, manufacture of vaccines, bio-therapeutics, pharmaceuticals and health care products.

Overview

Bharat Biotech has its manufacturing facility situated at Genome Valley, Hyderabad, India. As of July 2020, the company has over 700 employees and has a presence worldwide.
The company has been responsible for developing an eco-friendly recombinant and a naturally attenuated strain derived Rotavirus vaccine called ROTAVAC They were one of the first to develop vaccines for viral diseases like Chikungunya and Zika.. The company also produces vaccines for Japanese Encephalitis.

COVID-19 vaccine development

In April 2020, the company announced that they have partnered with US-based company FluGen and University of Wisconsin-Madison to develop a COVID-19 vaccine.
In May 2020, Indian Council of Medical Research's National Institute of Virology approved and provided the virus strains for developing a fully indigenous COVID-19 vaccine.. On June 29, 2020, the company got permission to conduct Phase 1 and Phase 2 human trials of a developmental COVID-19 vaccine named Covaxin, from the Drugs Controller General of India, Government of India.
The Central Drugs Laboratory at Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh has been engaged in testing experimental batches of Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin on a priority basis.