AstraZeneca, one of the companies racing to make a vaccine against the coronavirus, seems to have hit a stumbling block.
AstraZeneca, one of the companies racing to develop a vaccine against the coronavirus, seems to have hit a stumbling block.
"We are working to expedite the review of the single event to minimize any potential impact on the trial timeline," AstraZeneca said in a statement late Tuesday. The company is testing a vaccine originally developed at Oxford University."This is a routine action which has to happen whenever there is a potentially unexplained illness in one of the trials, while it is investigated, ensuring we maintain the integrity of the trials.
Such large trials split participants between getting an active vaccine or a placebo. It's not known which the ill person received.
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