Vietnam recruits volunteers for COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial

PSNews - As announced in a meeting of the Vietnamese Ministry of Health on December 5, Nanogen will join hands with the Military Medical University to recruit volunteers for the first phase of clinical trial on December 10.
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Minister Nguyen Thanh Long speaking at the meeting. 

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health on December 5 held a meeting with Vietnamese vaccine producers. Accordingly, Vietnam will conduct the first phase of human trials of a locally made COVID-19 vaccine from December 10.

Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long stated that, Vietnamese producers have worked to accelerate the research of COVID-19 vaccines, with Ivac, Vabiotech and Nanogen completing production process at laboratory scale and currently evaluating the vaccines’ safety and immunity in animals.

In particular, Nanogen is now ready to pilot the first phase of human trial. Nanogen will join hands with the Military Medical University to recruit volunteers for the first phase of clinical trial on December 10.

Minister Long also urged local vaccine producers to speed up their work in order to launch human trial soon, and pledged support for the producers, including minimising administrative procedures and facilitating product registration and licensing.

The Ministry of Health will work with competent agencies to help producers get access to capital for vaccine development and production, he added.

Minister Long requested vaccine producer Polivac to continue with its research on COVID-19 vaccine, while coordinating with Russia and China to leverage access to vaccine suppliers in the two nations.
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