With about eight coronavirus vaccine candidates in clinical trials and 110 more in clinical testing, the race to a commercial product is intensifying. Against this backdrop, an analyst at Morgan Stanley looked at the most promising programs. Millions of doses of the vaccine could be available by fall 2020, and over 1 billion in 2021, analyst Matthew Harrison said in a note. The analyst sees safety as the biggest hurdle for these expedited programs.It should be noted that earlier Monday, Moderna Inc (NASDAQ: MRNA) reported positive interim Phase 1 data for its coronavirus vaccine candidate mRNA-1273.The Coronavirus Vaccine Frontrunners Six candidates -- four clinical pipeline candidates and two preclinical candidates -- have a reasonable likelihood of success and can be manufactured at a notable scale, Harrison said.The analyst projects three waves of commercially available vaccines. The candidates, sponsors and the timelines are as follows:By The End Of 2020 * Moderna *...
In an early stage clinical trial, Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine produced antibodies that will help ‘neutralize’ coronavirus in patients. Moderna CEO Stéphane Bances joins Yahoo Finance's On the Move to discuss....
(Bloomberg) -- President Xi Jinping said China will make any coronavirus vaccine universally available once it’s developed. Xi addressed the World Health Organization a day after a senior U.S. official suggested Beijing sent airline passengers to spread the coronavirus worldwide.An experimental vaccine from Moderna Inc. showed promising early signs that it can create an immune-system response in the body that could help fend off the virus, based on a small, early human trial. Stocks surged on the news.New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said the state would help any professional sports league that resumes play, as long as it is without fans. He also announced that Western New York, which includes Buffalo, would reopen on Tuesday.Iran reported the biggest increase in infections in six weeks. Germany recorded a small gain in cases, though the daily death toll fell.Key Developments:Virus Tracker: Cases top 4.7 million; deaths exceed 315,800Pandemic shatters world order, sowing anger...
