Moderna Covid-19 vaccine could be ready for use by end of year, US says

Moderna Inc's vaccine against Covid-19 could be ready for widespread use by the end of this year, US and company officials said on Monday, after the drugmaker announced the start of a 30 000-subject trial to demonstrate it is safe and effective, the final hurdle prior to regulatory approval.

More than 150 coronavirus vaccine candidates are in various stages of development, with some two dozen prospects already conducting human testing. Manufacturers are ramping up production while testing is underway in order to respond as soon as possible to virus, which is still spreading rapidly around the world. Covid-19 has killed nearly 650,000 people worldwide and battered economies.

The large late-stage trial is designed to evaluate the safety of Moderna's mRNA-1273 vaccine and determine if it can prevent symptomatic Covid-19 after two doses.

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