On March 3, the company released interim results from its clinical trials, which showed that the vaccine was 81% effective against COVID-19. What likely got investors even more bullish was news that it also showed "significant immunogenicity against the rapidly emerging variants."
The vaccine showed a higher rate of effectiveness than the COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson, which has received an EUA and is just 66% effective (both Moderna and Pfizer have efficacy rates of more than 90%). And again, Ocugen's stock rose as much as 46% during the day, while a trading volume of 181 million soared to more than 10 times the previous day's levels.
In February, Bharat secured a deal to supply the Brazilian Health Ministry with 20 million doses of its vaccine, worth approximately $290 million. That averages out to a price of $14.50 per dose. If Bharat can produce 700 million doses of the vaccine by the end of the year, that could generate more than $10 billion in sales -- if it sells all of them at that average price.