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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 560

Brilife

Vials of a potential coronavirus vaccine are seen on an assembly line in a photograph released by the Israel Institute for Biological Research on October 25, 2020. (Defense Ministry)
March 15, 2023, 12:58 am
Researchers oversold Israeli COVID shot, wasted millions on flop — comptroller
State ombudsman faults Defense Ministry institute for mishandling project and misleading officials on costs, timetable and ability to produce homegrown vaccine
By ToI Staff
Director of the Institute of Biological Research, Prof. Shmuel Shapira, at the laboratory in Ness Ziona on August 6, 2020. (Ariel Hermoni/ Defense Ministry)
January 19, 2022, 2:48 pm
Ex-head developer of Israeli COVID vaccine slams Genesis Prize for Pfizer CEO
Prof. Shmuel Shapira, former head of the Defense Ministry’s Biological Institute, calls pharma giant’s vaccines ‘mediocre,’ says company only wanted to ‘rake in billions’
By ToI Staff
A volunteer in the Phase 2 trial for Israel's coronavirus vaccine, BriLife, at Sheba Medical Center, on December 28, 2020 (courtesy of Sheba Medical Center)
October 2, 2021, 11:45 am
TV: Israeli-made COVID vaccine at least 80% effective, initial results show
Israel Institute for Biological Research indicates over 4 out of 5 volunteers in ongoing clinical trials developed antibodies, Channel 12 reports
By ToI Staff
Anar Ottolenghi receives a dose of coronavirus vaccine developed by the Israel Institute for Biological Research at Jerusalem's Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, November 1, 2020 (Courtesy)
September 20, 2021, 1:30 pm
Late but longer-lasting? Israel’s COVID jab aims to ‘find its place in market’
Chairman of NRx, pharmaceutical company completing trials for BriLife, suggests vaccine may even work better against variants
By Ricky Ben-David
Vials of a potential coronavirus vaccine are seen on an assembly line, in a photograph released by the Israel Institute for Biological Research, on October 25, 2020. (Defense Ministry)
August 21, 2021, 10:09 pm
TV: High dose of Israeli-made vaccine appears to give long-lasting protection
230 people who received such dosage of inoculation, still in trials, do not need to get a booster, but others who had lower dosage do need extra shot
By ToI Staff
A volunteer in the Phase 2 trial for Israel's coronavirus vaccine, BriLife, at Sheba Medical Center, on December 28, 2020 (courtesy of Sheba Medical Center)
December 29, 2020, 5:00 pm
As Israel goes vaccine-wild, will the homegrown version lose its shot?
Phase II of Brilife trial launches, but success of current immunization drive in quashing coronavirus may make effective testing impossible, and some who get placebo could drop out
By Nathan Jeffay
A medic in a protective suit and mask holds an injection syringe and vaccine. (oshcherban via iStock by Getty Images)
December 2, 2020, 11:54 am
Expert: 6 vaccine hurdles mean we’re ‘nowhere near’ Israel-wide immunity in 2021
Top epidemiologist says that with inoculations wowing in trials, ‘there’s light at the end of the tunnel — we just don’t know the length of the tunnel’
By Nathan Jeffay
Vaccine volunteer Effi with his Manchester-based grandfather Peter Kurer (courtesy of the family)
November 3, 2020, 5:56 pm
Separation between grandparents, grandchildren spurred Israeli vaccine volunteer
Effi, 26, who hasn’t seen his 90-year-old grandfather in a year, says he joined trial ‘for every Jewish family divided by the pandemic’
By Nathan Jeffay
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