UAE late-stage trial shows China’s Sinopharm vaccine is 86% effective
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09 December 2020 - 18:18
Dubai — An experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) has 86% efficacy, the health ministry of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said on Wednesday, citing an interim analysis of late-stage clinical trials.
While the positive data comes soon after November's upbeat results from Western rivals, such as Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and from Russia, neither the UAE nor Sinopharm have released detailed data from the pivotal study...
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