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Coronavirus: Australia vaccine candidate produces antibody response in early tests
Sydney - The vaccine candidate developed by the University of Queensland and CSL will now begin the last stage of testing.
Early testing of a potential Covid-19 vaccine developed by an Australian university and CSL Ltd has shown it to be safe and produce an antibody response, Minister for Health Greg Hunt said on Friday.
Pharmaceutical companies are racing to develop effective treatments for the disease amid a surge in Covid-19 cases that has killed over a million people and battered the world's economy.
Several candidates including ones produced Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca are expected to imminently announce the results from last stage testing.
Pfizer said earlier this week that its experimental Covid-19 vaccine had been more than 90 per cent effective based on initial trial results.
While slightly behind other candidates, the vaccine candidate developed by the University of Queensland and CSL will now begin the last stage of testing, Hunt said.
"The vaccine is proving to be safe through phase I clinical trials and that it is proving to produce a positive antibody response," Hunt told reporters in Queensland.
"It is doing its job. That is particularly so in the elderly, and that is an especially important outcome, given the global vulnerability to elderly around the world from Covid-19."
Should it pass those trials, Hunt said it could be ready for distribution by the third quarter of 2021.
Australia has already agreed to buy 51 million does of the University of Queensland developed candidate. Australia will also buy the AstraZeneca vaccine too should it pass last stage testing.
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