AstraZeneca is likely to restart its late-stage U.S. coronavirus vaccine trial 'very soon,' possibly later this week, according to one of the researchers leading the study
A laboratory technician works at a company which makes an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca. | Natacha Pisarenko/AP PhotoAstraZeneca is likely to restart its late-stage U.S.
are in talks about resuming it. AstraZeneca's vaccine is one of four that have reached the final stage of testing — Phase III — in the United States.developed unexplained neurological symptoms. The company has since restarted that trial and others inFalsey's remarks come amid other signs that the American trial could soon get going — including a draft letter from scientists at Oxford University to their U.K. trial participants.
"We are writing to let you know that the US drug regulatory authority has also now completed their analysis of the information relating to the participants concerned and has come to the same conclusion as the other drug regulators including the MHRA," said the letter provided by the U.K. Health Research Authority, which was first reported by Reuters. "Vaccination will therefore shortly resume in the USA.
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