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YAKARTA – The World Health Organization (WHO) states that there are currently 70 coronavirus vaccines developed by various institutions, both companies and campuses, in many countries.
According to the content of the WHO document as reported by Bloomberg, on Monday (4/13), of the 70 corona vaccines being developed, three of them have been tested in humans.
One of the three vaccines is in a clinical process developed in collaboration with CanSino Biologics Hong Kong with the Beijing Institute of Biotechnology. This vaccine trial has entered phase 2.
The other two have been tested on humans, each developed by American drug manufacturers, namely Moderna and Inovio Pharmaceuticals.
The WHO said that giant pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Sanofi also had vaccine candidates that had entered the preclinical stage.
The massive spread of the corona virus that in 4 months has infected more than 200 countries and regions forced researchers to work hard to make vaccines in a short and unprecedented period of time.
Under normal conditions, the manufacture of a vaccine takes 12 to 18 months, as in the case of Ebola. Production can also take years.
However, the pharmaceutical industry hopes to reduce the time to perform the coronary vaccine (Covid-19) in the international market.
Meanwhile, CanSino received permission from the Chinese government last month to begin testing on humans. While Moderna, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, received permission from US regulators. USA To move quickly through human testing since March, even though the institution had not previously issued a vaccine product.
Scientists at the University of Oxford, England are working hard to make the coronavirus vaccine. Even scientists are trying to make the vaccine available in September 2020.
Sarah Gilbert, a vaccine expert at the University of Oxford, believes the 80 percent vaccine works well and is ready for use in September.
“This is not just a guess.” Every week passes, we have more data to see, “Gilbert told The Times newspaper.
Gilbert’s team at Oxford University is one of dozens of teams around the world that worked hard to find the Covid-19 vaccine. This equipment is the most advanced in the UK. But the vaccine developed by Gilbert et al will be tested in humans in the next 2 weeks. (right / end)
