CoviVac (Russia COVID-19 vaccine)

CoviVac
КовиВак
Vaccine description
TargetSARS-CoV-2
Vaccine typeInactivated
Clinical data
Routes of
administration
Intramuscular
ATC code
  • None
Legal status
Legal status
  • Registered in Russia on 20 February 2021
Full list of CoviVac vaccine authorizations
Identifiers
CAS Number

CoviVac (Russian: КовиВак) is an inactivated virus-based COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Chumakov Centre,[2] which is an institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.[3] It was approved for use in Russia in February 2021, being the third COVID-19 vaccine to get approval in Russia.[2] It obtained a permission for phase III clinical trial on 2 June 2021.[4]

  1. ^ "Patent Landscape Report COVID-19-related vaccines and therapeutics" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b Ivanova P (20 February 2021). "Russia approves its third COVID-19 vaccine, CoviVac". Reuters. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  3. ^ Abbany Z (9 March 2021). "Two more Russian vaccines: What we do and don't know". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  4. ^ Реестр разрешений на проведение клинических исследований лекарственных средств. (in Russian), Catalogue of permissions for conducting clinical trials of pharmaceuticals, 2 June 2021, Minzdrav

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