The drugmaker's vaccine candidate is the fourth to enter final-phase human trials in the country.
The larger study is"notable and commendable," said Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert who directs the Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group in Rochester, Minnesota. He said a single dose of vaccine in a pandemic provides an opportunity to fully vaccinate more people more quickly.
under the departments of Defense and Health and Human Services. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine trials are sponsored in part by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. That is key for scientists to determine whether a vaccine is working. Investigators need to log 154 infections, or"events," among study participants to see whether more of the infections were in the groups getting the actual vaccine or a placebo shot.
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