The United States plans a massive testing effort involving more than 100,000 volunteers and a half dozen or so of the most promising vaccine ...
CHICAGO: The United States plans a massive testing effort involving more than 100,000 volunteers and a half dozen or so of the most promising vaccine candidates in an effort to deliver a safe and effective one by the end of 2020, scientists leading the program told Reuters.
The effort fits into the research and development arm of"Operation Warp Speed," the White House program announced last week to accelerate coronavirus vaccine development. Vaccines, which are intended for use in healthy people, are typically tested in successive steps, starting with trials in animals.
In the era of coronavirus, many of those steps will overlap, particularly the mid-stage and late-stage trials, Collins and Corey said. The US government has committed billions of dollars to help manufacturers produce doses of vaccines that may never prove successful.THE SHORTLIST A Moderna vaccine, developed in partnership with the NIH, will be the first to the enter large-scale testing in July, and may be joined by a vaccine from Britain's Oxford University and AstraZeneca, Collins said.
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