But it could take years for Inovio’s synthetic vaccine to clear the testing required by regulators before it can join the fight against the novel COVID-19.
The U.S. says Americans aboard a quarantined ship will be flown back home on a chartered flight Sunday, but that they will face another two-week quarantine.Vaccines often undergo extensive clinical trials before they’re deemed safe enough for use. Because there is limited data on the effectiveness of synthetic vaccines like Inovio’s compared with conventionally produced vaccines, it sometimes requires even more research before regulators will sign off on such drugs.
“We view the grant as validation of Inovio’s ongoing CEPI collaboration and an indication that CEPI believes that Inovio has one of the best modern solutions for such outbreaks,” said Jonathan Aschoff, an analyst with Roth Capital Partners. The organization previously pledged up to $56 million to fund Inovio’s vaccine development for Lassa fever and“Our intention is to leverage our work with Inovio on the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus and rapid response platform to speed up vaccine development,” for COVID-19, said Richard Hatchett, head of CEPI.
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