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Trump refutes ‘October vaccine development theory’
Pfizer Predicts Emergency Use Approval Possible
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With the development of a new vaccine against coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in the middle of the world, Bill Gates, president of the Bill & Merlinda Gates Foundation, said: “Pfizer will be the only pharmaceutical company that can obtain approval for use emergency by the end of October “.
According to CNBC, a US economic broadcaster on the 15th (local time), President Gates told the media last week that “it is unlikely that all vaccine candidates (currently in development) will be approved by the United States until the end. October”. He refuted the ‘October vaccine development theory’ put forward by US President Donald Trump on the 4th.
However, he added, “the only candidate vaccine that can be approved for emergency use at the end of October, assuming everything is going perfectly, is Pfizer.” The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will authorize and prescribe the urgent use of the investigational substance. Previously, the FDA approved the emergency use of remdesivir, which is expected to be used as a treatment for Corona 19.
Pfizer CEO Albert Bulla told CNBC the day before: “Antibody levels were good in both phase 1 and phase 2 tests.” The final development of the vaccine is very promising. ” He said that if the material for the development of the COVID-19 vaccine is confirmed to be safe and effective, it could be distributed to Americans before the end of the year. He also said on the 13th: “We may know by the end of October if the product (vaccine development substance) will be effective in the current phase 3 trial. We have already started manufacturing (vaccine) and have manufactured hundreds of thousands. dose “. did.
Meanwhile, President Gates said in an interview with the British Daily Telegraph on the 15th that “the vaccine will be delivered to the world next summer.” By then, he predicted that the exponential spread of the disease could almost halt. He predicted that “by 2022, we can end (the spread of the epidemic).” He also urged that “there is no national (single) solution to the global crisis” and “all countries must work together to end the pandemic (a global pandemic) and rebuild the economy.”
/ Reporter Kwak Yoon-ah [email protected]
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