BEIJING - A researcher in a lab coat in Beijing holds up the hopes of humanity in his fingers: "Coronavac", an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus that has upended the world.
BEIJING - A researcher in a lab coat in Beijing holds up the hopes of humanity in his fingers: "Coronavac", an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus that has upended the world.
Thousands of shots of the vaccine, which is based on an inactivated pathogen, have already been produced and packaged in a white and orange case emblazoned with the name "Coronavac". "It's the question everyone is asking themselves," Sinovac director of brand management Liu Peicheng told AFP. Sinovac has published results showing that its vaccine has "largely protected" macaques from infection in an animal trial.The company has since conducted human trials, administering the serum on 144 volunteers in April in eastern Jiangsu province.
But Sinovac is facing a problem for Phase 3. There are too few cases of infections in China nowadays to have enough volunteers for the decisive tests.
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