Human testing of first Nipah virus vaccine begins

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The shot is based on the same technology as the one used in AstraZeneca (AZN.L) and Serum Institute of India's Covid-19 shots...

The University of Oxford said on Thursday it had begun human testing of an experimental vaccine against the brain-swelling Nipah virus that led to outbreaks in India's Kerala state and other parts of Asia...

The 51-patient early-stage trial will take place in Oxford and will examine the safety and immune response of the vaccine in people aged 18 to 55 years, a spokesperson for the University's Pandemic Sciences Institute said...

The trial is led by Oxford Vaccine Group and funded by CEPI, a global coalition that supports the development of vaccines against emerging infectious diseases...

Moderna (MRNA.O) in 2022 also started an early-stage clinical trial of a Nipah virus vaccine, which it co-developed with the U.S.' National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases...

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