The decision comes at a crucial juncture in the US's vaccination effort, which has gained speed in recent weeks at the same time a worsening outbreak grips the upper Midwest.
President Joe Biden described the approval as an encouraging development in efforts to end the Covid-19 crisis and said this is exciting news for all US citizens.
If J&J's phase 3 trial report very strong efficacy, it will be the single-shot vaccine that can be stored and transported at refrigerator temperatures unlike Pfizer and Moderna.
More than 90% of participants made immune proteins within 29 days after receiving the shot & all participants formed the antibodies within 57 days, according to the report.
The deal comes after a study showed Johnson & Johnson’s candidate vaccine generated strong antibody response in primates and provided protection with a single dose.
J&J announced in June that it had accelerated vaccine trials with ambitions of launching human studies in mid-July. The company will dose its first patients on 22 July in Belgium.
Pakistan’s reported air strikes on Kabul last night, coinciding with Acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s visit to India, seem intended to send...
Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.
In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.
Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.
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