Text size Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty Images Moderna said it has partnered with Catalent to make the Covid-19 vaccine that the biotech company is about to test in the country’s first major clinical trial. Although the vaccine’s large-scale safety and efficacy have not yet been proven, the urgency …
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Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc., which has not yet shared the results of the phase 1 trial for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, has already received millions of dollars in funding to expand manufacturing capacity. An announcement Tuesday that the Defense Department would pay $ 71 million to finance the manufacture of a …
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CHICAGO / LONDON (Reuters) – Developing a COVID-19 vaccine in record time will be difficult. Producing enough to end the pandemic will be the greatest medical manufacturing feat in history. FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled “COVID-19 Vaccine” and a medical syringe in this illustration taken on …
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CHICAGO (Reuters) – An influential epidemic preparedness and response foundation supporting nine potential coronavirus vaccines has identified manufacturers with the capacity to produce four billion doses a year, the group’s top manufacturing expert told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: This illustration, taken on April 10, 2020, shows small bottles labeled with a …
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As the global race to find a coronavirus vaccine heats up, British researchers say immunizations may be more effective if administered through a nasal spray rather than an injection, according to reports. Scientists at Oxford University and Imperial College London, currently undergoing human trials of injection-administered COVID-19 vaccines, plan to …
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