The Mexican Chancellor, Marcelo Ebrard, announced that the biotechnology company Novavax, Inc start your phase 3 study of the vaccine against COVID-19 in Mexico and United States, so it will recruit up to 30 thousand volunteers in these nations.
In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the vaccine NVC-CoV2373, In the Mexican Republic, the company seeks to recruit 2,000 volunteers in 7 locations in the country, “which will allow us to collect data on the efficacy of the vaccine in our population.”
Mexico will participate in phase 3 of Novavax, more options for the vaccination plan of the Ministry of Health. I congratulate the North American team for this achievement !! https://t.co/aZ6T3MysKG
– Marcelo Ebrard C. (@m_ebrard) December 28, 2020
“The clinical trials Previous studies showed that the vaccine elicited a robust immune response against the virus and was well tolerated. The new Novavax study plans to recruit volunteers who belong to the demographic groups that have been most affected by the virus. SARS-CoV-2, as well as the elderly or those with comorbidities ”, the company explained.
Likewise, Novavax, Inc thanked the collaboration and participation of Government of Mexico in this study, which will begin once the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris) grants its approval.
It is worth mentioning that the NVX-CoV2373 vaccine has been developed with the support of the United States Government, which expressed its support for the Government of Mexico in accessing the vaccines developed in its country in the framework of the visit of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to Washington DC, on July 8, 2020.
We are currently seeking volunteers for the PREVENT-19 Phase 3 clinical trial of NVX-CoV2373 in the U.S. and Mexico. #Covid19 #CovidVaccine For more information, visit https://t.co/6BmhaU8288 pic.twitter.com/uLZeuRXOY0
— Novavax (@Novavax) December 28, 2020
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