Pfizer and BioNTech Report First Patient Dosing with BNT162 in P-I/II Study for COVID-19 in the US
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- The Phase 1/2 study assesses the safety- immunogenicity and optimal dose level of four mRNA vaccine candidates evaluated in a single- continuous study. The dose level escalation portion of the P-I/II study will enroll ~360 healthy subjects aged 18-55 and 65-85 yrs.
- The first person immunized in stage 1 of the study will be healthy adults 18-55 yrs. of age at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and University of Maryland School of Medicine. Additionally- the dosing of the first cohort in Germany was completed last week
- Both the companies are working to ramp up the manufacturing capabilities for increase production capacity in 2020/2021 and are jointly working globally to commercialize the vaccine upon regulatory approval (excluding China- where BioNTech collaborated with Fosun Pharma for BNT162 for both clinical development and commercialization)
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