Featured Story | By Nick Paul Taylor Johnson & Johnson has begun a 60,000-subject phase 3 assessment of its COVID-19 vaccine. The trial will enroll participants in the U.S. and other countries with a high incidence of COVID-19 with a view to generating data to support emergency use authorization early next year. read more |
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