webfact Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Moderna files for U.S. vaccine authorization, will seek EU nod By Julie Steenhuysen and Michael Erman FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Moderna logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo (Reuters) - Moderna Inc applied for U.S. emergency authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine on Monday after full results from a late-stage study showed it was 94.1% effective with no serious safety concerns, the company said. Moderna, which also plans to seek European approval, reported that its vaccine's efficacy rate was consistent across age, race, ethnicity and gender demographics as well as having a 100% success rate in preventing severe cases of a disease that has killed nearly 1.5 million people. 2020-11-30T183750Z_1_LOV000MDMPD2N_RTRMADV_STREAM-2000-16X9-MP4_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-VACCINES-MODERNA.MP4 Moderna will apply for U.S. and European emergency-use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine on Monday after full results from a late-stage study showed it was 94.1% effective with no serious safety concerns, the company said. Lisa Bernhard produced this report. (Reporting by Julie Steenhuysen and Michael Erman; Additional reporting by Ankur Banerjee and Manas Mishra in Bengaluru and Kate Kelland in London; Editing by Bill Berkrot, Edwina Gibbs and David Clarke) -- © Copyright Reuters 2020-12-01 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbastheycome Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Welcome news. Cost? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 I wonder if Thailand has bought any of this vaccine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pesche Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 I REALLY don't like the "with no serious safety concerns" remark! 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbastheycome Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 I see someone has indicated a "sad" response to my initial comment. I am also sad but not surprised because it perhaps represents a core problem with society in general. The world is currently in the grip of a situation that regardless of belief in the cause , opinions over reaction to it, opinions about vaccines ..pro or anti..the base reality is it is an event that has disrupted the world. If the way forward is any Vaccine which for better or worse, good or bad, works or not, allows a resumption in a degree of normality of international flexibility I welcome that. I do have reservations about those who are adamantly "anti " vaccines but IMO that belongs in a separate point of debate to my opinion in this topic. My sadness is that I suspect there are those that would care less about effectiveness of a vaccine than would care more about the "profitability "of one that is presented even when developed with public (taxpayer) subsidies and massive reductions in regulatory requirements on the the basis of "emergency" need due to "investment" expectations! I have an associate who is "anti vaccine" but who has made a point of buying shares in several of the high profile developers of covid-19 vaccines. He does not appreciate my opinion that he desires potential profit while denying an outcome that arguably could save his own longer life. I get silence when I ask such if they would reject the MMR program that has ensured their viability thus far ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Great news now double the price for Thais for a change ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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