LONDON, England – Scientists at the University of Oxford say their experimental coronavirus vaccine was shown in an initial trial to elicit a protective immune response in hundreds of people who received the vaccine. British researchers began testing the vaccine in April on about 1,000 people, half of whom received …
Read More »First human trial of the Oxford coronavirus vaccine is promising
LONDON (Reuters) – An experimental vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford against the new coronavirus produced an immune response in early-stage clinical trials, data showed on Monday, preserving hope that it could be in use by the end of the year. Called AZD1222, the vaccine has been …
Read More »First human trial of the Oxford coronavirus vaccine is promising
LONDON (Reuters) – An experimental vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford against the new coronavirus produced an immune response in early-stage clinical trials, data showed on Monday, preserving hope that it could be in use by the end of the year. Called AZD1222, the vaccine has been …
Read More »Results from the Oxford Coronavirus Vaccine Trial are “extremely encouraging,” says UK government
London – A top British official called the latest news about the possible coronavirus vaccine from a team at Oxford University “extremely encouraging.” Results from the Phase I / II trial of the vaccine being developed by the Oxford Jenner Institute, in conjunction with pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, showed that it …
Read More »AstraZeneca slips even as company coronavirus vaccine test results show ‘promise’
Shares of AstraZeneca fell on Monday even after the publication of positive results from a trial of its experimental vaccine COVID-19 developed in association with the University of Oxford. The study, published in The Lancet on Monday, said healthy volunteers who received the experimental vaccine, called AZD1222, showed immune responses. …
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