TORONTO -- A Canadian biotech company played a key role in developing one of the world’s most promising vaccine candidates that could be days away from seeking emergency approval in the U.S.that its vaccine, previously believed to be 90 per cent effective, now appears to be 95 per cent effective following more interim results. The company is preparing to formally ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve emergency use of the vaccine in the coming days.
“The messenger RNA is very fragile after it’s been administered, it’s broken down very quickly in the body, and it also can’t get into our cells where it needs to be to work,” Madden told CTV’s Your Morning on Wednesday. “So we provide a delivery technology that protects the messenger RNA after it’s administered and carries it into the cells and then releases it in the cells so that it can work.”
Pfizer’s update comes two days after Moderna announced that its vaccine candidate appears to be 94.5 per cent effective, according to early but incomplete analysis. “Obviously fingers tightly crossed that it means we can see it here sooner,” he told CTV’s Your Morning. Bogoch said it’s important to understand the difference between the normal vaccine approval process and the fast-tracked process used in public health emergencies.
I'll wait for Health Canada to approve any vaccine.
Article doesn’t even list a single Canadian contribution.... for all we know they provided the glass can tubes .... more CTV propaganda
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Then get more than 6 million doses.
Don't need a vaccine. Human immune system is doing its job quite well. As cases rise during this second wave the death count clearly isn't keeping pace. Time to open up the economy.
Don't need a vaccine. Human immune system is doing its job quote well. As cases rise during this second wave the death count clearly isn't keeping pace. Time to open up the economy.
Raphs_S Thank You SO MUCH Acuitas Therapeutics! Your assistance in the development of the COVID19 Vaccine is greatly appreciated!
it’s not just Pfizer that uses mRNA for the vaccine
Hey CTV- no one is buying this scare BS anymore.
Hey CTV what’s in the vaccines And is there any consequences if it has ill effects on us Report on this
the best way to not get sick is to not wear a mask or put swabs into your nose... no test... no flu-shot... no vaccine... no needles... believe it or not... fighting sickness by injecting it into healthy bodies... is stupid beyond belief... don't do any of it... stay healthy(:~:)
There won't ever be a proper vaccine that will be 100%... look at the Flu shot are we call getting that no!!!!!!!
I am not anti-vax at all....but remember that movie 'I am Legend'? So Moderna is walking zombies, and Pfizer is running zombies. Which one you choosing