[ad_1]
The companies “Pfizer” and “Biontech” announce the success of their vaccine against the Corona virus, after analyzing the preliminary results of the third phase of clinical trials.
-
The Corona vaccine will be ready for distribution in a few months.
The American company “Pfizer”, in cooperation with the German company “Biontec”, announced that its vaccine currently being tested against Covid-19 has shown an efficacy of 90%, after a preliminary analysis of the results of the third phase of trials clinics, which is the last before submitting the license application.
The two companies said in a joint statement Monday that “this vaccine effectiveness” was measured by comparing the number of participants who were infected with the emerging coronavirus in the group that received the vaccine and the number of people infected in another group. who received a placebo vaccine, “seven days after receiving the second dose.” And 28 days after receiving the first dose.
“More than 8 months after the start of the worst epidemic in more than a century, we believe that this stage represents an important step forward for the world in our battle against Covid-19,” said Albert Burla, President and CEO of Pfizer, it’s a statement.
He continued: “The first set of results from the third phase of our Covid-19 vaccine trial gave initial evidence of the ability of our vaccine to prevent Covid-19.”
UPDATE: We are proud to announce, along with @BioNTech_Group, that our mRNA based #vaccine candidate has shown, in an interim analysis, initial evidence of efficacy against # COVID-19 in participants without prior evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
– Pfizer Inc. (@pfizer) November 9, 2020
After the two companies announced their product, US President-elect Joe Biden said the announcement about the effectiveness of the Corona vaccine trials is “excellent news.”
He added: “We will need months before the vaccine is available on a large scale in the United States.”
And the director of the American National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci, had previously ruled out the possibility of finding a vaccine that would help control the Corona virus outbreak in the United States before January, even if American companies announced their positive results. before that.
For his part, President Donald Trump wrote on “Twitter” minutes after the two companies announced the matter: “The stock market is experiencing a big boom, a vaccine is on the way soon. It is reported to be 90% effective. Good news!”
THE LARGE STOCK MARKET AND VACCINES SOON. REPORT 90% EFFECTIVE. SO GOOD NEWS!
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 9, 2020
Following this announcement, the European financial markets registered a significant increase, of more than 5% in Paris, Frankfurt and Milan, and of 3.29% in London.
The two companies expected to manufacture up to 50 million doses of the vaccine worldwide in 2020 and up to 1.3 billion doses in 2021.
The company said, “Biontech” that it intends to apply with the company “Pfizer” to obtain approval from the US Food and Drug Administration, probably starting next week.
Biontech works on what is called an “RNA” vaccine and contains genetic information about the pathogen, from which the body produces a protein that the virus uses to enter cells.
The goal of vaccination is to stimulate the body to produce antibodies against this protein, to intercept viruses before they enter cells and multiply.
The spread of the Corona virus has accelerated in recent months, as the world recorded more than 50 million infections, while the United States alone recorded a fifth of this number.
The position on the measures taken to confront the epidemic in the United States was a key factor in determining the results of the presidential elections, which led to the victory of Biden, who pledged to adhere to the recommendations of experts in the fight against the epidemic no longer rush to open states.
In this context, Biden, in announcing his victory, appointed Vivek Murthy and David Kessler to head a task force to face Corona, and will announce the names of 10 additional members expected in the team to perform the task, in a later, according to Fox News.
It should be noted that the United States is the second country to announce a vaccine against Corona, after Russia announced the arrival of the first vaccine in the world, “Sputnik V”, last August.
[ad_2]
