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3 year(s) ago
Plant based Covid Vaccine
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The vaccine named Covifenz was jointly developed by Medicago Inc.
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This is the first authorized COVID-19 vaccine developed by a Canadian-based company and uses a plant-based protein technology.
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It creates the immunization to combat the virus.
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It is developed from a unit of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. and Philip Morris International.
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The vaccine was found to be 71 per cent effective against symptomatic infection and 100% effective against severe disease caused by COVID-19.