https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/02/25/cambridge-based-modernas-coronavirus-vaccine-shipped-to-nih-for-testing/Cambridge-based Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine shipped to NIH for testingA Cambridge company has shipped a batch of potential coronavirus vaccine for testing just two months after an outbreak of the infectious virus that started in China has killed 2,500 across the globe.
Cambridge-based Moderna announced Monday it sent the vaccine to the National Institutes of Health for phase I testing.
Moderna said its scientists began collaborating with the NIH a month ago to develop a vaccine for the highly contagious virus, with funding received from the International Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations.
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The vaccine, which Moderna calls mRNA-1273, was shipped to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to be used in their planned phase one study in the U.S., the company said.
As Instapundit Glenn Reynolds would say, "Faster, please!"
