'Operation Warp Speed' aims to produce coronavirus vaccine by end of 2020: Report
by Anthony Leonardi
| April 29, 2020 07:04 PM
The Trump administration is reportedly partnering with public and private entities to produce a coronavirus vaccine for the public by the end of 2020.
The unprecedented undertaking, called "Operation Warp Speed," pulls together pharmaceutical companies, the military, and other government entities to develop 300 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine in a period of eight months, according to Bloomberg.
If successful, the project would beat the prediction given by Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who said it would take between 12 and 18 months to have a vaccine ready. Even that timetable was far shorter than the years it typically takes to develop a vaccine.
The project aims to test promising vaccines on animals and then inject vaccines into humans during expedited clinical trials. Those vaccine candidates with the best results will then undergo mass production and simultaneously take part in larger clinical trials.
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