Gamaleya Center to conduct human trials of new coronavirus vaccine

Gamaleya Center to conduct human trials of new coronavirus vaccine
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Center named after N.F. Gamalei, who developed Sputnik V, will conduct the first two phases of clinical trials of a new CORONAVIRUS vaccine on volunteers, follows from a contract on the public procurement portal, Pharmaceutical Bulletin writes.

The new drug, unlike Sputnik V, was developed on the basis of virus-like particles (VLP). They do not contain the genetic material of the pathogen, but mimic it. Its intramuscular and intranasal form will be tested on 18-55 year old volunteers.

The contractor was RIK-Pharma LLC. The center will pay her 8,240,000 rubles.

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On the creation of a new vaccine against covid-19 by the Center. Gamaleya "Pharmvestnik" wrote in January. Then the Ministry of HEALTH approved the state task for its development. The publication calculated that it was planned to allocate about 25 million rubles from the budget for this.

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