A volunteer is given a shot of the 75mcg dose of Nanocovax on January 12 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The highest dose, 75mcg, of Nanocovax, a
developed by Vietnam, was given to three volunteers in Hanoi
on January 12 as part of the first stage of human trials.
The three women, aged 20 to 22, are the first of a total of 20
volunteers in the testing programme.
Following their injection, the volunteers will undergo health monitoring
for 72 hours at the Hanoi-based Military Medical University. The other 17 volunteers
will receive injections if the vaccine’s safety is confirmed.
Two groups of 20 people each are testing the 25mcg and 50mcg doses,
receiving their first injections on December 17 and 26, respectively.
Pain at the injection site and a light fever lasting 24 hours were the only
two issues reported by volunteers, according to Associate Professor Dr Chu Van
Men, Director of the Military Medical University’s Centre for Clinical Trials
and Bioequivalence. All are now in a stable condition, he added.
second shot on January 15 or 16.
According to Men, this first clinical trial, which tests the vaccine’s
safety and identifies the optimal dosage, is 50 percent complete.
Vietnam expects to collect all necessary data on clinical testing by the
end of 2021 before it can consider mass vaccination, he said.
Developed by the Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC and the Vietnam
, is Vietnam’s first candidate vaccine
against the novel coronavirus to reach the human trial stage.
Vietnam has several other candidate vaccines being developed,
by Vabiotech, Polyvac, and the Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals./.
Source: VietnamPlus
