'So far, so good' on leading COVID vaccine, says AstraZeneca

Britain’s AstraZeneca (AZN.L) said on Thursday that good data was coming in so far on its vaccine for COVID-19, already in large-scale human trials and widely seen as the front-runner in the race for a shot against the novel coronavirus.

The drugmaker, Britain’s most valuable listed company, also announced second quarter results that beat its sales and profit estimates, thanks to strong sales from a diverse product line-up.

“The vaccine development is progressing well. We have had good data so far. We need to show the efficacy in the clinical programme, but so far, so good,” Chief Executive Pascal Soriot said on a media call.

AstraZeneca has already reached deals with countries to make more than 2 billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, developed in partnership with the University of Oxford, and says it could be approved by the end of this year.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-astrazeneca-results/so-far-so-good-on-leading-covid-vaccine-says-astrazeneca-idUSKCN24V0SH

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