AstraZeneca and Oxford University Landmark Agreement for Covid-19 vaccine
AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford announced an agreement for the global development and distribution of the University’s potential recombinant adenovirus vaccine aimed at preventing COVID-19 infection from SARS-CoV-2.
The potential vaccine entered Phase I clinical trials in late April to study safety and efficacy in healthy volunteers aged 18 to 55 years, across five trial centres in Southern England. Data from the Phase I trial could be available next month. Advancement to late-stage trials should take place by the middle of this year.
In the interview with BBGV early this month, Mr. Nitin Kapoor, Company President- Vietnam & Frontier Markets at AstraZeneca, Board Member of BBGV together with Prof. Guy Thwaites, Director of the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit and the Wellcome Trust Africa Asia research programme in Vietnam have been giving some insights on this agreement.
Webinar: Agile Regulation For The Fourth Industrial Revolution
Time:15.00 – 16.30, 11 June 2020 The Fourth Industrial Revolution is creating new industries, disrupting existing ones and changing the way that things are made.
Across the globe, governments are introducing more agile regulatory practices – such as regulatory sandboxes – to support the rapid introduction of new ideas, products and ways of working, while continuing to protect citizens.
In this webinar, Stephen Almond (Fellow, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, World Economic Forum) will explain the regulatory approaches that governments around the world are adopting to help seize the opportunities of this technological revolution, make their economies more competitive and improve resilience to future shocks.
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