Vaccine experts have expressed skepticism about the Covid-19 vaccine trial results announced by Moderna—saying that the company has yet to release significant data to support its claim that its drug has successfully produced antibodies in human trials
But two vaccine experts interviewed by Stat noted that Moderna has yet to publish its studies in scientific journals, and pointed out that the company disclosed results from only eight of the 45 subjects, meaning the majority of the outcomes remains unknown.in its final hour of trading Tuesday afternoon as skepticism over the vaccine’s readiness hit the market.
The experts also noted the silence from the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease, Moderna’s partner in developing the vaccine, which declined to comment on the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company’s, which is abnormal for the institute that usually touts its success, according to Stat.
“When a company like Moderna with such incredibly vast resources says they have generated SARS-2 neutralizing antibodies in a human trial, I would really like to see numbers from whatever assay they are using,” John “Jack” Rose, a vaccine researcher from Yale University, told Stat. It remains unclear whether the Covid-19 antibodies produced by the body as a result of vaccination are as good as antibodies produced by the body from surviving coronavirus.asked Moderna about this, they said antibody level information “will be disclosed in an eventual journal article from NIAID.”“It’s a bit of a concern that they haven’t published the results of any of their ongoing trials that they mention in their press release.
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