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AstraZeneca begins final trials of Oxford University coronavirus vaccine enrolling 50,000 people

AstraZeneca begins final trials of Oxford University coronavirus vaccine enrolling 50,000 people worldwide and 30,000 in the US as company signs £15million manufacturing deal Thousands volunteers already being injected with jab in UK, Brazil, South Africa Preliminary data from phase 3 trials expected ‘soon’, said lead jab researcher  Developers say they hope to deliver the… Read More »

Coronavirus vaccine before election unlikely — Dr. Gottlieb on FDA chief’s possible fast-track

Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Monday the late-stage coronavirus vaccine trials underway in the U.S. are unlikely to have gathered enough evidence to receive emergency approval ahead of the November presidential election.  “I think it’s very unlikely. I think it’s more likely you’re going to get a top-line result some point in November and maybe be… Read More »