{"id":4543,"date":"2020-08-16T22:05:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-16T15:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/illume-emag.com\/?p=4543"},"modified":"2020-08-16T22:05:50","modified_gmt":"2020-08-16T15:05:50","slug":"curevac-doesnt-rule-accelerated-approval-covid-19-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/curevac-doesnt-rule-accelerated-approval-covid-19-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"CureVac doesn&#8217;t rule out accelerated approval for COVID-19 vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>FRANKFURT &#8212; German biotechnology firm CureVac does not rule out a speedy approval process for its prospective vaccine against COVID-19, its chief executive was quoted as saying on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4544 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-1597572225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-1597572225.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-1597572225-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-1597572225-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-1597572225-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-1597572225-1068x712.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>An employee of German biopharmaceutical company CureVac, demonstrates research on a vaccine for the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease at a laboratory in Tuebingen, Germany, March 12, 2020. Photo: Reuters<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The company said on Friday that it expects to put its vaccine on the market by mid-2021. Obtaining speedy approval suggests the company is pushing for an earlier release date although CEO Franz-Werner Haas did not give any details on how likely this was.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe are not ruling out accelerated approval, but this can only be achieved in close cooperation with the authorities,\u201d Haas told the Boerse Online financial website.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">CureVac, backed by Microsoft founder and billionaire Bill Gates, listed on the Nasdaq stock market on Friday, raising $213 million.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The results of the recently started clinical trials of the company\u2019s prospective vaccine are to be published in autumn, Haas said, reiterating that at the moment approval was expected in the first half of next year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">CureVac is researching how to use molecules carryinga specific genetic code called messenger RNA (mRNA) to treat aseries of diseases, including COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By using messenger RNA, researchers hope they can compel apatient\u2019s own body to create proteins that can play an importantrole in combating disease.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe see a deeper and broader understanding in the United States that the mRNA technology we use has the potential to quickly develop an effective and efficient vaccine,\u201d Haas said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Source: reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRANKFURT &#8212; German biotechnology firm CureVac does not rule out a speedy approval process for its prospective vaccine against COVID-19, its chief executive was quoted as saying on Sunday. An employee of German biopharmaceutical company CureVac, demonstrates research on a vaccine for the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease at a laboratory in Tuebingen, Germany, March 12, 2020. 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