Japanese drugmaker eyes COVID19 vaccine clinical test in March 2021
TOKYO - Japanese drugmaker Daiichi Sankyo Co. said Friday it aims to launch a clinical study of a genetic vaccine for the new coronavirus around March 2021.
If the clinical test is successful, it hopes to supply the vaccine "as soon as possible" in collaboration with the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare and other partners, the drugmaker said. As the global race to develop a coronavirus vaccine intensifies among pharmaceutical companies, US biotech company Moderna Inc. is set to go into a large-scale clinical study of its vaccine using messenger RNA in July. In Japan, medical startup Anges Inc. plans to start clinical tests of its DNA vaccine as early as July.
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