Episode 120: COVID-19 Vaccine
Newt's World
Gingrich 360
4.6 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2020
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Scientists are racing to create a vaccine for COVID-19 in less than one year. Cambridge, Massachusetts based biotechnology company, Moderna, Inc. and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have co-developed the vaccine known as mRNA-1273, which is now in Phase 3 clinical trials with 30,000 adult volunteers. For an update on the phase 3 trials, Newt is joined by Dr. Tal Zaks, Chief Medical Officer at Moderna.
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| 0:00.0 | On this episode of NHW, |
| 0:02.5 | four late-stage coronavirus vaccine trials |
| 0:05.4 | backed by the United States could fail to provide positive results. |
| 0:10.1 | WHO will not endorse a vaccine that's not effective and safe. |
| 0:17.3 | These are all estimates. |
| 0:18.5 | I mean, if you look at the projection of the enrollment |
| 0:21.9 | and the kinds of things you'll need to get a decision about whether the vaccine is safe and effective, |
| 0:26.9 | most of us project that that's going to be by November December by the end of the year. |
| 0:31.1 | On some realistic timelines, we're really not expecting to see widespread vaccination |
| 0:36.5 | until the middle of next year. |
| 0:37.9 | Right now, I will say we're preparing earnestly for what I anticipate will be reality, |
| 0:44.6 | is that there'll be one or more vaccines available for us in November, December. |
| 0:49.4 | I do not think you're going to see a vaccine license by the FDA, |
| 0:52.5 | get a biological license application for broad distribution in 2020. |
| 0:57.1 | Through Operation Warp Speed, we have three vaccines in the final stage of clinical trials. |
| 1:03.0 | Yesterday Pfizer announced that it expects to have the results of its trial very, very shortly next month, |
| 1:09.8 | but very shortly. |
| 1:11.0 | We remain on track to deliver a vaccine before the end of the year and maybe even before November 1st. |
| 1:17.9 | Hi, this is Newt. |
| 1:19.0 | Due to the virus I'm recording from home, so you may notice a difference in audio quality. |
| 1:27.1 | On this episode of The Newt's World, the fastest a vaccine has ever been developed |
| 1:31.9 | is four years, and most take 10 to 15 years to develop and test in clinical trials. |
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