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Oxford Leaps Ahead on Coronavirus Vaccine
April 27, 2020 at 3:02 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 99 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2020/04/27/oxford-leaps-ahead-on-coronavirus-vaccine/
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New York Times: Most other teams have had to start with small clinical trials of a few hundred participants to demonstrate safety. But scientists at the universitys Jenner Institute had a running start on a vaccine, having proved in previous trials that similar inoculations including one last year against an earlier coronavirus were harmless to humans.
That has enabled them to leap ahead and schedule tests of their new coronavirus vaccine involving more than 6,000 people by the end of next month, hoping to show not only that it is safe, but also that it works.
The Oxford scientists now say that with an emergency approval from regulators, the first few million doses of their vaccine could be available by September at least several months ahead of any of the other announced efforts if it proves to be effective.
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coti
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(67,395 posts)applegrove
(118,622 posts)out-take.
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)Disaffected
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DrToast
(6,414 posts)Good news, but I dont think they jumped ahead of everyone.
The Seattle volunteers who got shots in the first trial of a possible coronavirus vaccine are now getting the second shot an indicator the early trial is progressing well.
While the doctors at Kaiser Permanente's Vaccine Treatment and Evaluation Unit in Seattle dont know the results of the first round of tests, the fact that it has continued and that the second round of injections are now being given is good news, said Lisa Jackson, who is leading the study.
The trial hasnt been stopped. We know from the study protocol that if adverse events had happened, the protocol would have required that, she said. Therefore we presume those things havent happened.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2020/04/22/second-round-shots-first-coronavirus-vaccine-test-start/3008506001/
Dem2
(8,168 posts)I think the O/P suggests this phase is skipped due to trials of a similar vaccine last year.
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The Blue Flower
(5,442 posts)Thanks for posting.
HarlanPepper
(2,042 posts)That should be a critical part of their process at Oxford.
triron
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(63,203 posts)Generic Brad
(14,274 posts)Thank you for the post.