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    Question

    How many firms received licences to manufacture

    India’s first indigenous multi-stage malaria vaccine?
    A 3 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 4 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 5 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 6 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E 7 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The Union government licensed five firms—Indian Immunologicals, Techinvention Lifecare, Panacea Biotec, Biological E, and Zydus Lifesciences—to produce AdFalciVax, developed by ICMR and partners. The vaccine targets Plasmodium falciparum before bloodstream entry, aiming to prevent infection and transmission. It is designed to be affordable, stable, scalable, with nine months’ effectiveness at room temperature, and followed pre-clinical validation with ICMR-NIMR and the National Institute of Immunology.

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