Mumbai, Feb 2 : Pharma company Zydus Today said it has started the supplies of its Covid-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D to the government. In a regulatory filing, the company said that it has “started the supplies of its Covid-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D, to the Government of India against their order from its newly commissioned state-of-the-art, Zydus Vaccine Technology Excellence Centre at the Zydus Biotech Park in Changodar, Ahmedabad.” The group is also planning to make the vaccine available in the private market, it said. Zydus said the vaccine will be priced at Rs 265 per dose and the applicator being offered at Rs 93 per dose excluding GST. “Zydus VTEC manufactures the drug substance for the needle-free DNA plasmid vaccine, ZyCoV-D, it said. The manufacturing process and in process material transfers within the plant are automated,” it said. Zydus has also entered into a definitive agreement with Shilpa Medicare a contract manufacturing organization to produce mutually agreeable doses of ZyCoV-D. Besides, it has also entered into an agreement with Enzychem Lifesciences of Republic of Korea for the manufacturing license and technology transfer for the Plasmid DNA Vaccine. (UNI)