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Wednesday, April 22, 2020
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Germany to start first clinical tests on coronavirus vaccine
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleGermany has authorized its first clinical test of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, the country’s regulatory body says, green-lighting trials on human volunteers for an RNA vaccine developed by German firm Biontech and US giant Pfizer.
“The Paul-Ehrlich-Institut… has authorized the first clinical trial of a vaccine against COVID-19 in Germany,” the regulatory body says in a statement.
It adds that approval was the “result of a careful assessment of the potential risk/benefit profile of the vaccine candidate.”
— AFP
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