09 Aug 2012
BHUBANESWAR:
Human trial of an HIV vaccine, being developed by AIIMS New Delhi, is likely to start as early as 2013, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) director general V M Katoch said here on Thursday.
"The vaccine showed encouraging results during animal trial stages. The toxicology has been done. I am hopeful, the clinical trial will begin by next year," Dr Katoch said during an informal interaction with reporters here. He was in city to attend a meeting of the ICMR tribal health research forum at Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) here.
