Cervical Cancer: HPV vaccine (Cervavac)

• Human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV) 

Human papillomavirus

• a viral infection that's passed between people through skin-to-skin contact.

Quadrivalent vaccine

• A vaccine that works by stimulating an immune response against four different antigens, such as four different viruses or other microorganisms.
• e.g. Gardasil, Cervavac

Cervical Cancer

• the second most common cancer type
• in women of reproductive age (15–44)

India

• India accounts for about a fifth of the global burden, with 1.23 lakh cases and around 67,000 deaths per year according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO)

• (CDSCO) headed by the Drugs Controller General (India) is the Central Authority for regulating the quality of drugs marketed in the country under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. 

Source:

1. IE
2. https://www.cancer.gov

**The Serum Institute of India(SII)'s vaccine Cervavac recently received the Drugs Controller General of India's(DGCI)approval for market authorization.