Oxford eyes end of 2020 for Covid-19 vaccine trial results
Trial chief investigator Andrew Pollard says seeing if the vaccine works will probably come in 2020, after which regulators will have to review the data
04 November 2020 - 14:20
London — The University of Oxford hopes to present late-stage trial results on its Covid-19 vaccine candidate in 2020, though its top scientific investigator cautioned it would still take some time for life to return to normal.
A vaccine that works is seen as a game-changer in the battle against the coronavirus, which has killed more than 1.2-million people worldwide, shuttered swathes of the global economy and turned normal life upside down for billions of people...
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