Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine — the only US candidate being studied as a single-dose vaccine — is now the fourth to enter Phase 3 trials.
Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine candidate begins Phase 3 trials in the United States today. Trials for the single-dose vaccine will include up to 60,000 adult participants at nearly 215 sites in the US and internationally.
Phase 3 trials will begin immediately, with the first participants receiving doses on Wednesday, Johnson & Johnson Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Paul Stoffels said on a call with reporters. The vaccine candidate was developed by Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson.
"It's all going to be event driven, as opposed to a predetermined amount of time," said Fauci.If the vaccine is proven safe and effective, Johnson & Johnson says it expects the first doses to be up for emergency use authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration by early 2021. The company says it is on track to make a billion doses a year.
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