Dengue Vaccine TAK-003 Cleared by DCGI

Recently, Takeda’s dengue vaccine TAK-003 (Qdenga) received clearance from the Subject Expert Committee under the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for use in individuals aged 4-60 years.

  • This marks a major milestone in India’s fight against dengue, which causes millions of infections and thousands of hospitalisations annually.
  • It has been tested on over 28,000 participants and approved in 40+ countries.
  • The vaccine provides strong protection against severe dengue and hospitalisation.
  • It does not require pre-vaccination screening, making it easier to deploy in public health programmes.
  • However, its effectiveness varies across serotypes, with relatively lower protection against DENV-3 and DENV-4.
  • The vaccine ....
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