Safety and Immunogenicity of Locally Manufactured Oral Cholera Vaccine

Incepta vaccine Limited, a leading pharmaceutical company in Bangladesh is now producing the OCV, Cholvax with technological support from International Vaccine Institute (IVI), which meets international Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards and WHO production guidelines. Cholvax has the same formulation as ShancholTM in terms of strains and formulation.

The vaccine is manufactured by Shantha Biotechnics, in Hyderabad, India and is prequalified by the WHO. Shanchol™ is available in a single dose vial.This vaccine is used as two dose regimen.