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AstraZeneca vaccine trial pause a ‘wake-up call’, says WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan – ABC News
Clinical development is “not always a fast and a straight road” and we have to be prepared for ups and downs in the development of a COVID-19 vaccine, warns the WHO’s chief scientist.
AstraZeneca’s pause of its experimental coronavirus vaccine due to the illness of a participant is a “wake-up call” but it should not discourage researchers, says the World Health Organization’s chief scientist.
Key points:
- The WHO had flagged the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is being developed with Oxford University, as the most promising
- Late-stage trials were suspended after a participant in Britain suffered from severe neurological symptoms
- Dr Swaminathan says the pau…
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