Covid Vaccine Phase 3 Trial
The statement was released as.
Covid vaccine phase 3 trial. The vaccine known as mrna 1273 was co developed by the cambridge massachusetts based biotechnology company moderna inc and the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases niaid part of the national institutes of health. Worldwide 26 candidate vaccines against the sars cov 2 the virus that causes covid 19 are in different phases of clinical testing. A senior official at the world health organization who on thursday confirmed that six experimental coronavirus vaccines including three candidates from china have entered phase 3 clinical trials. Seven covid 19 vaccines in the third phase of clinical trials.
Dr michael ryan executive director of the who health. With more than 200 000 americans dead from covid 19 pharmaceutical companies are racing to roll out vaccines to halt the coronavirus pandemic.