Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Candidates
Large scale phase iii clinical trials of 30000 volunteers allowing for rapid collection and earlier analysis of safety and efficacy data of demographically diverse.
Operation warp speed vaccine candidates. Perna as chief operating officer of operation warp speed ows the administrations national program to accelerate the development manufacturing and distribution of covid 19 vaccines therapeutics and diagnostics medical countermeasures. National institutes of health. The five vaccines include modernas mrna1273 currently in phase 2 trials. A merck vaccine based on that.
In an effort to bring an effective covid 19 vaccine to the us market by 2021 the white house launched operation warp speed ows last month and today named five vaccine candidates as the most likely to produce a viable vaccine in a record breaking timeframe. Overview of covid vaccine efficacy trials july 29 2020. A candidate from johnson johnson. Operation warp speed preps for covid 19 vaccine delivery upon fda approval.
Operation warp speeds goal is to produce and deliver 300 million doses of safe and effective vaccines with the initial doses available by january 2021 as part of a broader strategy to accelerate the development manufacturing and distribution of covid 19 vaccines therapeutics and diagnostics collectively known as countermeasures. Moncef slaaoui who is leading the trump administrations efforts to expedite vaccine development for the novel wuhan coronavirus said friday. Deputy director chief medical officer vaccine research center. The white houses operation warp speed chief dr.
Operation warp speed ows is a publicprivate partnership initiated by the trump administration to facilitate and accelerate the development manufacturing and distribution of covid 19 vaccines therapeutics and diagnosticsoperation warp speed was introduced in early april 2020 after a round table meeting with industry executives at the white house on march 2. The federal governments crash covid 19 response operation is stockpiling vaccine doses that will be free for all americans. National institute of allergy and infectious diseases. On friday the trump administration announced the appointment of moncef slaoui as chief advisor and general gustave f.
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