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Although the updated guidance has largely remained under wraps, sources who spoke to The Washington Post hinted that the new rules would make it more difficult for an EUA to be granted to a vaccine ahead of Nov. 3, the day of the U.S. elections.
The J&J vaccine appears to require only a single dose. Several of the other candidate vaccines require two doses about 28 days apart.
Arcturus CEO Joseph Payne told BioSpace in an interview that his company’s vaccine candidate is a low-dose, single-shot treatment that generated not only neutralizing antibody titers, but also CD8+ T-cell induction in preclinical studies.
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More than 150 countries have signed on to a World Health Organization program to ensure global access to a COVID-19 vaccine, however, the United States, Russia and China refrained from signing the agreement.
Competition for resources is growing, and the usual supply chain partners may not have available capacity in the preferred timeframe.
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