webfact Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Chula to Test its COVID-19 Vaccine in Volunteers BANGKOK, Feb 18 (TNA) - The Faculty of Medicine of Chualongkorn University will test its COVID-19 vaccine in volunteers in either late April or early May after successful trial in monkeys last year. Prof Dr Suttipong Wacharasindhu, director of Chulalongkorn Hospital, said the second jab of the mRNA-typed ChulaCov19 vaccine proved to make monkeys develop high immunity and have good health and therefore the faculty had confidence to try it in volunteers. Chulalongkorn Hospital and the Chula Vaccine Research Center prepared places and personnel for trial in human. They prioritized safety for public confidence in the trial progress, he said. Full story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news/line-today-english-news-639590 -- © Copyright TNA 2021-02-18 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bkk Brian Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 7 minutes ago, webfact said: Chula Vaccine Research Center prepared places and personnel for trial in human. Thailand’s PM says he won’t let Thais become vaccine “guinea pigs” ???? https://thethaiger.com/news/national/thailands-pm-says-he-wont-let-thais-become-vaccine-guinea-pigs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoop1130 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Thai-developed vaccine set to proceed to human trials BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's second domestically developed vaccine will soon undergo human trials, officials said on Thursday, adding that the plan was to produce up to five million doses by the end of the year. The vaccine, developed by Thailand's Chulalongkorn University, had success in trials in mice and monkeys and is due to be tested on humans in late April or early May, Kiat Ruxrungtham of the Chula Vaccine Research Center said. "By year-end we should have a production capacity of one to five million doses annually," Kiat told a news conference, adding this could later rise to about 20 million doses per year. The announcement comes amid criticism that Thailand's vaccine strategy has been slow and too reliant on AstraZeneca shots being produced by local manufacturer Siam Bioscience, owned by the country's king. The Thai-developed "ChulaCov19" vaccines are initially being produced in California, but will be produced locally in later stages by Thai company Bionet Asia, he said. Kiat said the university was already developing vaccines to guard against the highly contagious British and South African variants of COVID-19. Public health minister Anutin Charnvirakul welcomed progress towards greater vaccine security in Thailand, which has recorded 25,111 infections and 82 deaths since the pandemic started. "We are not betting on one horse but are owners of the stable in Thailand," he told reporters. Another Thai-developed vaccine involving Mahidol University is also scheduled for human trials, but also won't be available, if approved, until later than locally made AstraZeneca doses. The government has ordered 26 million doses of the locally made AstraZeneca shots for use in vaccinations from June and plans to administer 10 million doses per month from that point. However, Anutin appeared to back away from an earlier statement that Thailand would import 50,000 "early doses" from AstraZeneca sometime this month. "We asked them if they could send doses earlier if they had them, but it is not an agreement," he told reporters. Thailand on Thursday also recorded the first death of a doctor who had contracted the virus from patients, Anutin said. His death will be included in Friday's tally. -- © Copyright Reuters 2021-02-18 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post YetAnother Posted February 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2021 4 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: adding that the plan was to produce up to five million doses by the end of the year thailand being thailand will come up with endless delays and almost-believable excuses for each delay 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagfinnur Traustason Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Who want to be the first human monkey? Side effects: You will start to eat an excessive amount of bananas and like everything looking remotely like a banana. ???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guderian Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Pure hubris when they're supposed to be a regional hub for manufacturing the AZ vaccine. Imperial College in London stopped development of its vaccine after the approval of the Pfizer and AZ versions, and is now focusing on developing boosters against new variants instead. The Thai government should find a better focus for its efforts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GeorgeCross Posted February 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2021 2 hours ago, snoop1130 said: due to be tested on humans in late April or early May ah! maybe this is why the change of heart about free doses for expats 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AndyFoxy Posted February 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2021 5 hours ago, Bkk Brian said: Thailand’s PM says he won’t let Thais become vaccine “guinea pigs” ???? https://thethaiger.com/news/national/thailands-pm-says-he-wont-let-thais-become-vaccine-guinea-pigs Ok....I get it now. The other thread said that foreigners will be eligible for vaccines. Must be ChulaVac and the farang are the guinea pigs. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 2 hours ago, YetAnother said: thailand being thailand will come up with endless delays and almost-believable excuses for each delay That has already been sorted. It is the opposition's fault if there are delays. Our beloved leader has said so in parliament. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newnative Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Owners of a stable with no horses. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfd101 Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Poor Peasants! Line up here. Illiterate Poor Peasants! Over here please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultName Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 1 hour ago, mfd101 said: Poor Peasants! Line up here. Illiterate Poor Peasants! Over here please. Test on expats, then soi dogs, work up to Myanmar workers, last are the Thai's. Can't risk those precious voters. ???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emdog Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Day late and dollar short. By year end able to produce 5 million doses.... wow. Amazing Thailand. So 15+ years to dose the population. Saying they could ramp up later to 20 mil a year is still pitiful at best. Guess they had to come up with something to justify research costs... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfill Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 7 hours ago, newnative said: Owners of a stable with no horses. UPDATE: Someone just stole the stables 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 The truth of the matter is that it just shows what a mess the world we live in is. Money before peoples health. The supposed "safe & effective vaccine" recipe or whatever it is called if they do indeed exist should have been shared around the world to every country in the world to begin production as soon as possible. This was in the actual MOU agreed by BIG Pharma but instead they used it for toilet paper when sh////t came to shove. Disgracful capitalism at it's worst 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unblocktheplanet Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 8 hours ago, DefaultName said: Can't risk those precious voters. ???? You mean the ones who vote Future Forward or those who vote for Pheu Thai? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 line up all those wearing yellow ties, and lock the doors... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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