Does AstraZeneca (AZN) still have a fighting chance in the COVID-19 vaccine race? Earlier this month, the healthcare giant paused the Phase 3 study of AZD1222, its experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed as part of a collaboration with the University of Oxford, after one of the participants developed an unexplained illness, a potential adverse effect. This effect was later described as transverse myelitis, a demyelinating condition.Even though the UK study has resumed, the U.S. study remains on hold. Against this backdrop, AZN released the protocol for the trial, demonstrating the “rigorous” criteria of the interim analysis, in SVB Leerink analyst Andrew …read more
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