Race for corona vaccine: nine candidates in a crucial phase

Researchers around the world are racing to get a vaccine against the coronavirus.

Nine candidates are already in the crucial phase.

• All over the

  world

  , a

  vaccine

  against the coronavirus *

  researched.

• Nine

  candidates

  from international

  companies

  and

  research institutes

  are currently in the crucial

  test phase

  .

• However

  , there are also

  inconsistencies

  with some potential

  vaccines

  against

  Covid-19

  .

Berlin - Both in terms of

the rampant coronavirus * and the development of a

against

,

stands up

well in international comparison.

Despite the currently increasing number of cases, the currently falling R value gives hope *.

Nevertheless: A second wave could threaten here too *.

The

expects that there will be several different vaccines * in Germany.

But not only in

is currently working flat out on a vaccine against the novel coronavirus *.

The

from the international laboratories

not sleeping.

According to the WHO, a serum against

sought

in 176 projects worldwide

.

Nine of these potential

are currently

in the third and decisive test phase, in which the agent will be tested on tens of thousands of volunteers.

In some

, parts of the

even vaccinated,

according to their

.

Coronavirus vaccine - these candidates are in the third phase of testing:

USA: positive developments - vaccine against coronavirus in "three or four weeks"

"We are about to have a vaccine," said

on Tuesday evening on the US TV channel

.

More precisely, the

spoke

of "three or four weeks" in which one could have a

against the

.

and politicians in the

criticize the fact that the elections on November 3rd of this year would put political pressure on the US drug

.

“A vaccination has to be safe, effective and trustworthy,” Caitlin Rivers wrote in advance on Twitter.

The epidemiologist at the University of Johns Hopkins in Baltimore said that

the

must meet

all three criteria

: "It would be a tragedy if politicians, for political reasons, jeopardized the one thing that could allow us, ours return to normal life ”.

A vaccine must be safe, effective and trusted.

It's not a “pick 2” situation - we need all three.

It would be a tragedy if leaders jeopardized the thing that may allow us to safely return to our way of life for political expedience.

- Caitlin Rivers, PhD (@cmyeaton) August 22, 2020

The US pharmaceutical

, which is working together with the Mainz-based company

on a

against the

, was meanwhile able to

celebrate its

first successes in the third

.

As the

reports, the

now

that the number of participants in the tests could be increased from 30,000 to 44,000 subjects.

If the results are positive, Pfizer and Biontech could

apply for

approval of the

against the

as early as October

.

Russia: first approved vaccine against coronavirus - doubts about the veracity of the studies

+

Research is being carried out around the world for a vaccine against the coronavirus.

© Ted S. Warren / dpa

Russia

was the first country in the world that had approved a vaccine against the coronavirus in an urgent manner and is

already

vaccinating parts of the

- despite international concerns.

The third

on the

and tolerability of

was not carried out prior to approval.

That caused a lot of criticism - experts even warned against the Russian vaccine against Covid-19.

As evidence of the effectiveness of

, the Russian

data on the

against the

in the specialist journal

at the beginning of September

.

However, some international

are

now questioning

the authenticity of these values ​​and suspecting

of

.

Upon closer inspection of the results, the experts

noticed

several

, as reported by the

*.

China: First vaccinations against the coronavirus - open to the public in a few months

China

is represented with many candidates in the international race for a

against the

, some of which are already

completing

the third

.

In this context, there has already been international criticism due to allegedly outrageous methods.

According to the government,

already being

vaccinated

against

with a potential

from the Institute of the People's Liberation Army

.

The development of a

against the

going "very smoothly", as an

the Center for

and Prevention

told

the Chinese TV broadcaster

on Monday evening.

According to her, the serum could be made available to the public "around November or December".

However

, the epidemiologist did not disclose

which of the many Chinese

it is.

Great Britain / Sweden: Third test phase of vaccine against coronavirus continues

AstraZeneca

is also

a bearer of hope in the search for a

against the

.

The Swedish-British pharmaceutical company recently suffered a major setback.

Last week, the

the third

had to be stopped - a test person is said to have contracted a rare neurological disease.

When the

, however, it was presumably a routine measure.

After a few days, the authorities confirmed that the disease was not due to the potential

against the

.

The study by AstraZeneca is therefore now being continued.

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