Germany to start first clinical tests on coronavirus vaccine - GulfToday

Germany to start first clinical tests on coronavirus vaccine

  • 22 Apr 2020
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Germany has authorised its first clinical test of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, the country's regulatory body said Wednesday, green-lighting trials on human volunteers for an RNA vaccine developed by German firm Biontech and US giant Pfizer.

 

"The Paul-Ehrlich-Institut... has authorised the first clinical trial of a vaccine against COVID-19 in Germany," the regulatory body said in a statement.

 

It added that approval was the "result of a careful assessment of the potential risk/benefit profile of the vaccine candidate".

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