Coronavirus vaccine possible in early 2021, says European agency

 

FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), is seen in London, Britain, April 25, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

 

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A vaccine to counter the new coronavirus could be approved in about a year in an “optimistic” scenario, a agency which approves medicines for the European Union said on Thursday.

 

The European Medicines Agency, in communication with 33 developers, was doing all it could to speed up the approval process, the EMA’s head of vaccines, Marco Cavaleri, said, but he was sceptical of claims any could be ready by September.

 

“For vaccines, since the development has to start from scratch ... we might look from an optimistic side in a year from now, so beginning of 2021,” he told journalists.

 

He ruled out the possibility of skipping the third phase of a vaccine trial, which he said would be needed to be sure a vaccine was safe and effective.

 

The EMA is also looking at 115 different therapeutics, or treatments, for the coronavirus, which has killed nearly 300,000 deaths globally, according to World Health Organization data.

 

Cavaleri said some of those therapeutics could be approved in Europe as early as this summer, but he did not specify which.

 

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Do we want a vaccine?

2 hours ago, Neeranam said:

Do we want a vaccine?

Yes!

Also possible that i win lotto this week! 

Too many people talking about what "could" happen,

but nobody knows for now what will happen.

Worthless articles and threads IMHO.

    This idiot is even confused about time.  A 'year from now' would be May 2021 not 'the beginning of 2021'.  That would be January, guy.   Also, they really don't have to 'start from scratch'.  Extensive research has already been done on other viruses and some medical companies like Johnson & Johnson are adapting research and vaccines they already have to fast-track a vaccine as soon as possible.

Here's my prediction/opinion: any vaccine will be very short lived....the viruses attack the protein coat of the virus and this is mutating very quickly as it adapts to humans.....there are two 'viruses' out there now....one in white people killing 10 to 15% and one in Asians killing 1 -5%. It is unlikely the vaccine will be effective against both strains. 

The best we can hope for is a flu type vaccine that doesn't work very well (flu kills thousands each year).

 the coronavirus, which has killed nearly 300,000 deaths globally

 

A virus that kills death - and we're trying to get RID it?

 

Hold the vaccine, Bill!

blood plasma with anti bodies may get there first