UK launches trial to study alternating COVID-19 vaccines for different doses
The UK Government has given £7 million of funding for a clinical trial which will investigate whether patients can be given different COVID-19 vaccines for each dose.
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The UK Government has given £7 million of funding for a clinical trial which will investigate whether patients can be given different COVID-19 vaccines for each dose.
Valneva has initiated its Phase I/II trial for its inactivated, adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine candidate, VLA2001.
The ABPI has found that the UK is leading the rest of Europe in early-stage clinical trials and makes suggestions on how the country can maintain this position.
The funding is being split across three research projects that will hopefully improve the treatment of COVID-19 and inform the development of vaccines and therapeutics.
The UKRI and NIHR will fund projects worth £4.3 million to investigate the disproportionate death rate from COVID-19 among people from BAME backgrounds.
Tofersen reduced expression of the SOD1 gene known to cause amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and slowed clinical decline in the Phase I/II trial.
The PRINCIPLE trial aims to evaluate therapeutics that could slow the progression of COVID-19 symptoms in patients most at risk of complications.
Researchers found that the combination of lopinavir-ritonavir HIV antivirals led to rapid symptom improvement in COVID-19 patients.
The next Chief Executive of the National Institute for Health Research’s Clinical Research Network has been announced as Dr William van’t Hoff.