Chinese Covid-19 vaccine gets UAE nod for therapeutic use trial


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A Chinese Covid-19 vaccine that completes dosage within a week has been cleared for trial in the United Arab Emirates as both a preventive and therapeutic option. The UAE’s approval for therapeutic use human trials of the vaccine developed by Beijing-based YishengBio came last Thursday, with efficacy studies on mild to moderate Covid-19 infections to be carried out first. This comes after the UAE health ministry last month also approved phase 1 human trials for preventive use of the vaccine, as did the New Zealand medical regulatory authority. The human trials will be carried out in partnership with the Pharmaceutical...