FAKHRAVAC

FAKHRAVAC (Persian: واکسن فخرا) is a COVID-19 vaccine developed in Iran by the Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research, a subsidiary of Iran's Ministry of Defense. It is the third Iranian COVID-19 vaccine reaching clinical trials. It is currently in phase III. It received emergency use authorization in Iran on 9 September 2021.

FAKHRAVAC
A vial of FakhraVac
Vaccine description
TargetSARS-CoV-2
Vaccine typeInactivated
Clinical data
Other namesFakhra, MIVAC
Routes of
administration
Intramuscular
Legal status
Legal status
  • Emergency use authorization: IRN

The vaccine is named after the Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. According to the Iranian authorities, he was working on a vaccine in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran. Fakhrizadeh was assassinated in November 2020 in an attack Iran and US intelligence attributed to Israel.

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