While the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine is well underway—with over 40 hopeful candidates—only three have entered “Phase I” of clinical trials, the first of three stages of human testing before drug approval.
, only three have entered “Phase I” of clinical trials, the first of three stages of human testing before drug approval.
A Phase I trial testing the vaccine’s safety in 45 healthy adult volunteers began earlier this month at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. The participants will receive two injections of low, medium or high doses of the vaccine and be monitored for any adverse events or immune response. The company is hopeful that it may have a vaccine as early as fall 2020 for some particularly vulnerable groups, such as health care workers.
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