Minorities, the elderly and people with underlying health conditions are at highest risk of Covid-19, and are being prioritized for enrollment in large vaccine trials. Moderna's CEO said the company is slowing enrollment in its trial to ensure the Black community is represented.
is part of Operation Warp Speed, but didn't accept government funding — or participation — for the development and trials of its vaccine, which is partnered with German developer BioNTech. It gets paid $1.95 billion for 100 million doses only if the vaccine is successful.
Bancel didn't provide a new projection for when the study might be fully enrolled or show data. When the trial began, he had told CNBC in an interview that data could be available in October in "a really optimistic scenario; maybe November." "I would rather we have higher diverse participants and take one extra week," Bancel said. Diversity "matters more to us than speed."
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