All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 September Australias first DNA-based COVID-19 vaccine study set to begin Australia's first COVID-19 vaccine study to begin 21/09/2020 | 2 MINS AustraliaΓÇÖs first needle-free, gene-based COVID-19 vaccine study will be spearheaded in Western Australia by researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology and The Kids Research Institute Australia. The $6 million trial, announced by Minister for Health, The Hon Greg Hunt, named The Kids Research Institute Australia as one of AustraliaΓÇÖs most experienced vaccine trial sites and one of four locations chosen to participate in Phase 1 of the study. Only the fifth DNA vaccine to enter clinical trials worldwide, and the first one in Australia, the COVIGEN COVID-19 vaccine study will begin by early December and evaluate safety and effectiveness when given to healthy adults. Led by The University of Sydney and the Vax4COVID Alliance, the vaccine will be tested in three states across Australia (NSW, SA, and WA). LIT Professor Peter Richmond, Head of the Vaccine Trials Group at the Wesfarmers Cent
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 September Australias first DNA-based COVID-19 vaccine study set to begin Australia's first COVID-19 vaccine study to begin 21/09/2020 | 2 MINS AustraliaΓÇÖs first needle-free, gene-based COVID-19 vaccine study will be spearheaded in Western Australia by researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology and The Kids Research Institute Australia.
The $6 million trial, announced by Minister for Health, The Hon Greg Hunt, named The Kids Research Institute Australia as one of AustraliaΓÇÖs most experienced vaccine trial sites and one of four locations chosen to participate in Phase 1 of the study.
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Only the fifth DNA vaccine to enter clinical trials worldwide, and the first one in Australia, the COVIGEN COVID-19 vaccine study will begin by early December and evaluate safety and effectiveness when given to healthy adults.
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Led by The University of Sydney and the Vax4COVID Alliance, the vaccine will be tested in three states across Australia (NSW, SA, and WA).
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