Operation Warp Speed Candidates
The operation warp speed initiative of the trump administration is key to advancing vaccine development with unprecedented alacrity.
Operation warp speed candidates. Trump administration announces framework and leadership for operation warp speed. Operation warp speed ows is a publicprivate partnership initiated by the trump administration to facilitate and accelerate the development manufacturing and distribution of covid 19 vaccines therapeutics and diagnosticsoperation warp speed was introduced in early april 2020 after a round table meeting with industry executives at the white house on march 2. Perna confirmed as the chief operating officer. Operation warp speed success as 20 million covid vaccine doses expected in december i think its a remarkable achievement within a period of six to seven months said dr.
Whos leading operation warp speed. The five vaccines include modernas mrna1273 currently in phase 2 trials. As operation warp speed pushes to develop a covid 19 vaccine in record time the number of candidates is being narrowed. On friday the trump administration announced the appointment of moncef slaoui as chief advisor and general gustave f.
Never have vaccine candidates moved this quickly from conceptual development into clinical trials. Operation warp speed is the trump administrations efforts to fast track the development production and distribution of drugs to combat the virus. Perna as chief operating officer of operation warp speed ows the administrations national program to accelerate the development manufacturing and distribution of covid 19 vaccines therapeutics and diagnostics medical countermeasures. The public private partnership has been widely praised for lowering regulatory barriers facilitating cooperation between government agencies and drug makers and providing funding for drug.
Moncef slaoui designated as chief advisor and general gustave f. Astrazeneca and oxford universitys azd1222 now in clinical trials at multiple uk sites. A merck vaccine based on that. Hhs secretary alex azar and defense secretary mark esper oversee ows with dr.
A candidate from johnson johnson. The factors guiding the decisions about which projects to fund is unclear. Operation warp speed preps for covid 19 vaccine delivery upon fda approval.