Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Trials
Overview of covid vaccine efficacy trials july 29 2020.
Operation warp speed vaccine trials. The covid 19 coronavirus vaccine developed by pfizer and biontech is being produced as part of the trump administrations operation warp speed the revolutionary public private partnership launched earlier this year to speed the development production and distribution of vaccines to protect against the virus. Operation warp speeds moncef slaoui seen here at the white house in may says clinical trials of experimental covid 19 vaccines will soon reveal if they work. National institute of allergy and infectious diseases. Mcallen texas kveooperation warp speed announced friday they are now seeking volunteers for covid 19 vaccine trials in houston austin san antonio dallas forth worth and mcallen.
Operation warp speed the federal program designed to speed up the development of a covid 19 vaccine is recruiting volunteers in the rio grande valley. 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. That uses similar technology to pfizers and could produce trial data later. Operation warp speed is credited with speeding along several other vaccine programs including one from moderna inc.
Operation warp speeds goal is to produce and deliver 300 million doses of safe and effective vaccines with the initial doses available by january 2021 as part of a broader strategy to accelerate the development manufacturing and distribution of covid 19 vaccines therapeutics and diagnostics collectively known as countermeasures. The two companies developing covid 19 vaccines backed by operation warp speed temporarily halted their trials because participants fell ill slowing down the race for a shot to halt the pandemic. Meanwhile manufacture of the. 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.