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Showing posts with label vaccine trial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vaccine trial. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

UAE kicks off final stage of clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccine [Arab News, 24 June 2020]

Title:
UAE kicks off final stage of clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccine

Published:
Arab News, 24 June 2020
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1694596/middle-east

Key points from the article:
* The UAE claims it is the first in the world to reach the final stage – referred to as Phase III – of the clinical trial
* The vaccine is “inactivated,” which is usually taken in repeated doses to ensure immunity

Monday, May 25, 2020

Oxford University, United Kingdom - Oxford expands virus vaccine trial to older adults and children

Title:
Oxford expands virus vaccine trial to older adults and children

Published:
Talk of the Time, 23 May 2020
https://www.talkofthetown.co.za/2020/05/23/oxford-expands-virus-vaccine-trial-to-older-adults-and-children/

From the article:
Oxford University said on Friday it is recruiting thousands of volunteers for the next phase in human trials of a coronavirus vaccine that it says are “progressing very well”.  

Up to 10,260 adults and children will be enrolled as it expands the age range of people given the specimen vaccine and involves a number of partner institutions across Britain.