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.
