Question

In March 2022, Bharat Biotech partnered with which country's bio-pharmaceutical firm Biofabri for TB vaccine?

• A. Australia
• B. USA
• C. Canada
• D. Spain

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Spain

• Bharat Biotech has started Phase 3 trials of the first live attenuated vaccine of Mycobacterium TB isolated from a human strain, Spanish biopharma firm Biofabri has completed Phase 1-2 in other countries.

• Clinical trials of Spanish tuberculosis (TB) vaccine MTBVAC have begun in India.The partnership between Bharat Biotech and Biofabri aims to develop a new tuberculosis (TB) vaccine, which is a major public health concern globally.

• TB is a bacterial infection that primarily affects the lungs and is spread through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes.

• It is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide.