Fauci: Moderna’s Phase 3 Covid-19 Vaccine Trial Of 30,000 Individuals Will Begin In July
Moderna’s vaccine candidate is considered in the lead among several efforts by drug and vaccine makers in the battle against the deadly virus.A phase 3 trial is considered the final stage before potential approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which would make it available for patients across the country.
“We are going to start manufacturing doses of the vaccines way before we even know the vaccine works,” Fauci said of the manufacturing process. “We may know whether it’s efficacious by November or December. By that time, we hopefully would have close to 100 million (doses).”By early 2021, a “couple hundred million” more dosages will be available, Fauci said. The manufacturing is “going to be done as we are testing the vaccine.”