Thousands of people volunteer for Vietnam Covid-19 vaccine clinical trial
The third stages will include smaller steps. The results from the first and second stages showed that Nano Covax is safe and all of the volunteers developed lots of antibodies, much more than expected. The antibody concentrations were still high after being vaccinated for four to five months. Nano Covax is also effective against the variants that originate from the UK and the US. The impacts on the Indian variant are still under research.
Nano Covax is developed by Nanogen Company in HCM City in May 2020. The first trial stage was held on December 18, 2020, and the second stage started on February 26, 2021. The second stage was also held at the Military Medical University in Hung Yen and Ben Luc Medical Station in Long An.
Associate Professor Dr Ho Anh Son, deputy director of the Vietnam Military Medical University’s Institute of Biomedicine and Pharmacy, said they were still monitoring the health of the volunteers after getting the second shots in the second stage.
"The number of antibodies increased and they are all healthy. There have been no emergency cases. This is a good sign so far," he said.
The third stage will be carried out with the optimal dosage of 25mcg. The trial is expected to be held this week.
