AstraZeneca confirms COVID-19 vaccine to be out by September
By MYBRANDBOOK
If the ongoing trials prove successful, British pharma giant AstraZeneca shall begin rolling out up to two-billion doses of a coronavirus vaccine in September, it’s CEO said.
The company is partnering with Oxford University, which has pioneered the vaccine, and is already manufacturing doses before seeking final regulatory approval once testing concludes in the coming months.
“So far we're still on track, we are starting to manufacture this vaccine right now, and we have to have it ready to be used by the time we have the results,” AstraZeneca CEO, Pascal Soriot said..
“Our present assumption is that we will have the data by the end of the summer, by August, so in September we should know whether we have an effective vaccine or not.”
The firm announced this week it had struck agreements with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi the Vaccine Alliance, and the Serum Institute of India to double production capacity of the COVID-19 vaccine to two billion doses.
AstraZeneca has established separate supply chains for the vaccine in Europe, the US, India and is also looking at setting up production in China, Soriot said.
“We're manufacturing indeed at risk, and that's the only way to have the vaccine ready to go if it works,” he added.
Researchers announced this week they will also start tests in mid-June in Brazil, the first country outside Britain to take part in the study, as the South American country's virus infection rate spirals while the UK's falls.
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