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    PALM BEACH, Florida, April 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Many companies searching for an effective therapy or vaccine for the present world health crisis are focusing on creating a vaccine from the immune system. Key to the race to develop a vaccine for the new coronavirus is a technology that uses the virus' genetic code to essentially persuade your body to make its own vaccine. This technique is faster than egg-based manufacturing, which produces the majority of annual flu vaccines… And it's enabling a possible vaccine for the new coronavirus to be developed in record time. A recent article in USA Today said: ""It's quicker to get started," said Clem Lewin, who is working on vaccine candidates for the manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur. "All you need is the blueprint for the protein." Testing still will take time. Scientists must determine whether any of several vaccine candidates fight the virus effectively. If so, they need to determine the proper dose. This tinkering is what could take a year or more.  The article continued: "When the first potential vaccine from the manufacturer Moderna was injected into people on March, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said he believed the coronavirus vaccine was being developed at a record pace. It took sixty-three days to go from identifying a virus's genetic sequence to testing a vaccine in people.   Active biotech and pharma companies in the markets this week include:  Q BioMed Inc. (OTCQB: QBIO), Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIR), Co-Diagnostics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CODX), RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (NASDAQ: RDHL), Immunomedics, Inc. (NASDAQ: IMMU).

    The manufacturers pursuing coronavirus vaccines are working closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Agency. Several manufacturers pursuing a vaccine for the latest coronavirus have been aided by a technological innovation. The method that Moderna, Sanofi and others are pursuing is different from traditional vaccinations, in which a weakened or dead version of the virus is introduced into the body, triggering it to create antibodies that would attack the live virus should the person be exposed to it.  "Essentially, the patient makes their own vaccine," says the narrator of a Moderna video about the vaccine.  "This cuts out the middleman."  Fauci said volunteers would be given two injections of the potential coronavirus vaccine… The individuals will be followed for one year — both for safety and whether it induces the kind of response that we predict would be protective," Fauci said.

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    Biotechs Working Closely & Feverishly With CDC for COVID-19 Vaccine Development Financialnewsmedia.com News Commentary PALM BEACH, Florida, April 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - Many companies searching for an effective therapy or vaccine for the present world health crisis are focusing on creating a vaccine from the immune system. …