A coronavirus vaccine could be possible in about a year, says European Union agency.
An agency that approves medicines for the European Union estimates that, optimistically, a vaccine against the new coronavirus could be approved in about a year.
247 - The European Union fears it may not have enough supplies to develop a vaccine against the new coronavirus.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA), which is in communication with 33 developers, is doing everything it can to speed up the approval process, said the EMA's head of vaccines, Marco Cavaleri, but he doubts claims that one could be ready in September.
"For vaccines, since development had to start from scratch... we can think, optimistically, of a year from now, so at the beginning of 2021," he told reporters.
He ruled out the possibility of skipping the third phase of a vaccine trial, which he said was necessary to ensure it is safe and effective, according to reports. UOL.