‘Human testing of an experimental coronavirus vaccine by Johnson & Johnson is set to start by September. The drugmaker announced they are planning to make it ready for emergency use in early 2021. Global efforts are underway to develop a vaccine for the virus that has killed more than 34,000 worldwide, but experts have cautioned it could take over a year to have a vaccine ready. A patient was dosed with Moderna Inc’s vaccine in an early-stage trial earlier this month, making it the front-runner in the race to develop a viable vaccine.
J&J said in January it had begun working on a possible vaccine for the coronavirus, using the same technologies used to make its experimental Ebola vaccine. The drugmaker has also committed more than $1 billion of investment along with US agency Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to co-fund vaccine research, expanding a previous collaboration.’
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