A million doses of a potential COVID-19 vaccine being developed by British scientists are already being manufactured and will be available by ...
A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication together with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to COVID-19LONDON: A million doses of a potential COVID-19 vaccine being developed by British scientists are already being manufactured and will be available by September, even before trials prove whether the shot is effective, the team said on Friday.
"We have started at risk manufacturing of this vaccine not just on a smallish scale ... but with a network of manufacturers in as many as seven different places around the world," Adrian Hill, a professor and director of the Jenner Institute at Oxford University, told reporters in an online briefing."The aim is to have at least a million doses by around about September, when we also hope to have efficacy results.
Hill's team said they plan to start safety and then mid-stage efficacy trials of their potential COVID-19 vaccine in adults aged between 18 and 55 within weeks. They acknowledged that many other research teams worldwide were also working on potential vaccines, with only a proportion likely to be fully successful.
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