The first vials of an experimental vaccine for novel coronavirus are ready for human testing
London US biotech firm Moderna has shipped an experimental coronavirus vaccine to US government researchers just six weeks after it started working on the immunization.
Initial trials of the potential vaccine could begin in April, but the process of testing and approvals would last at least a year.Coronavirus is fast becoming an 'economic pandemic' Moderna said in a statement Monday that the first batch of its novel coronavirus vaccine, called mRNA-1273, has been sent to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases .Shares in the company, which is located near Boston, were trading 15% higher in New York on Tuesday.
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