Top vaccine makers predict a vaccine or vaccines may be available as early as the beginning of 2021 and at least two pledged doses will be free or low-cost for all Americans.
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Phase 3 trials are the final and largest testing stage for vaccines once they have become established, don't cause immediate adverse effects and provoke an immune response. COVID-19 Phase 3 trials will involve 30,000 patients for each vaccine candidate and take many months.U.S. pharmaceutical company Merck is pursuing two possible vaccine candidates.
The company's CEO, Kenneth Fraizer, said on June 30 a vaccine can't be rushed and rigorous science is necessary. Moderna, headquartered in Massachusetts, hopes to begin Phase 3 clinical trials of its vaccine candidate this month, Hoge said.
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