Why Ocugen Stock Surged Today
Shares of Ocugen (NASDAQ: OCGN) climbed on Wednesday after the biopharmaceutical company's partner, Bharat Biotech, released promising results from a phase 3 trial of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, Covaxin.
As of 3 p.m. EDT, Ocugen's stock price was up more than 12% after rising as much as 22.5% earlier in the day.
A second interim analysis of a phase 3 study with 25,800 participants showed Covaxin to have efficacy against mild, moderate, and severe COVID-19 of 78%. Against severe COVID-19 alone, that figure came in at 100%.
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