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Regulators greenlight trials for Medicago-GSK vaccine in Brazil

Brazil’s federal health regulator Anvisa signed off on clinical trials for a new potential coronavirus vaccine, developed by pharmaceutical companies Medicago, from Canada, and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), from the United Kingdom.

The vaccine will be administered in two shots, over a period of 21 days. Anvisa claims phase 1 and 2 trial data “presented a safety profile acceptable for potential vaccines.”

Phase 3 trials will include up to 30,000 volunteers in Canada, the U.S., Latin America, and Europe.

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