The first U. S.-based coronavirus vaccine trials to enter the Food and Drug Administration’s third and final phase are taking place right here.
The first U. S.-based coronavirus vaccine trials to enter the Food and Drug Administration’s third and final phase are taking place right here in the Triangle.
« Really exciting times, » says Dr. Sam Fleishman, the Chief Medical Officer at Cape Fear Valley Health System. Fleishman is part of a consortium led by Raleigh-based Wake Research to test Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine. The group is now enrolling volunteers this week.
« The early data looks very promising for it be a potential very successful vaccine for Covid-19, » Fleishman said when describing earlier research. This phase of the trials will take a couple of months, but Fleishman says Moderna has lofty goals, « Their hope is, you know, to get something to market by the end of the year which would be incredible.
