The two drug makers announced on Friday that they would release their COVID-19 vaccine candidates to U.S. The test will resume.
Investigations into the AstraZeneca vaccine candidate were halted from early September, while Johnson and Johnson’s vaccine studies were suspended early last week. Every company has a health volunteer developing a serious health problem that needs a review of safety data.
Two coronavirus vaccines are among the many candidates for final-stage testing, the last step before obtaining regulatory approval.
The drug makers said the U.S. They will have to leave the Food and Drug Administration on Friday to resume tests in
Such temporary hulls of drug and vaccine testing are relatively common: in the research of thousands of participants, some are more likely to get sick. Stopping the study allows researchers to investigate whether the illness is a side effect or a coincidence.
Testing of the AstraZeneca vaccine, developed with Oxford University, has resumed in the United Kingdom, Brazil, South Africa and Japan.
“The resumption of clinical trials around the world is great news as it allows us to continue our efforts to develop this vaccine to defeat this deadly epidemic,” AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot said in a statement.
In the study of AstraZeneca, the U.S. This includes some 20,000 people, some vaccinated and others receiving dummy shots.
The test was discontinued by a British participant after developing severe neurological symptoms consistent with a rare inflammation of the spinal cord called transverse myelitis. The AstraZeneca test was also suspended in early summer.
Johnson and Johnson said she is preparing to resume recruitment soon for her U.S. vaccine study. In a statement, the company did not disclose the type of volunteer’s illness but said a thorough evaluation “found no evidence that the vaccine candidate caused the incident.”
The company added that it is in talks with other regulators around the world to resume testing in their countries.
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