Operation Warp Speed Companies Vaxart
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Operation warp speed companies vaxart. The biotech firm said it was under scrutiny about claims it made on its involvement in operation warp speed the federal program to develop covid 19 cures. Among the trump administrations responses to covid 19 has been operation warp speed which commits the federal government to funding and coordinating development of vaccines drugs and. Rather its partner biontech se has. South san francisco calif june 26 2020 globe newswire vaxart inc a clinical stage biotechnology company developing oral vaccines that are administered by tablet rather than by injection today announced that its oral covid 19 vaccine has been selected to participate in a non human primate nhp challenge study organized and funded by operation warp speed a new national program aiming to provide substantial quantities of safe effective vaccine for americans by january 2021.
The truth is that pfizer didnt receive any funding from operation warp speed for the development clinical trial and manufacturing of the vaccine. In july pfizer got a 195 billion deal with the governments operation warp speed the multiagency effort to rush a vaccine to market to deliver 100 million doses of the vaccine. Vaxart a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on developing vaccines administered by tablet rather than injection said on friday that it had been selected to participate in the us. Vaxart a small california biotechnology working on a covid 19 vaccine is now being investigated by the government and sued by investors for allegedly exaggerating its role in the trump.
We have never taken any money from the us. A woman walks past pfizer headquarters. The assertion infuriated supporters of the president who had been promising a vaccine for months. John nacionsopa imageslightrocket via getty images we were never part of the warp speed.
Government or from anyone kathrin jansen the companys vice president for vaccine research told the times.