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Efforts Made So Far In Producing Coronavirus Vaccine by mayprince(m): 10:59am On Mar 31, 2020
Efforts made so far in producing the Coronavirus vaccine.

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Ever since @WHO declared #COVID-19 a pandemic, Medical research Lab around the world have turned to the prospect of a vaccine.
Discovering a drug is not something that happens suddenly, anyhow or just by the wishing. It requires a sound research culture, facility and environment.
According to @CDCgov, The general stages of the development cycle of a vaccine are:

Exploratory stage- The first stage is benchwork,takes place in labs at the research institut.Once a promising compound is found, derivatives are synthesized and patented to protect the invention.

Pre-Clinical Stage- The research applies to the respective egulatory bodies in the country, the @NMPA in China, @NAFDAC in Nigeria, @FDA in USA to start pre clinical tests in animals.

Clinical development- Approval for commencement of testing in humans.

Other stages include:
Regulatory review and approval
Manufacturing
Quality control

Thus far, The progress made by these pharmaceuticals to secure a vaccine include:

1. Yemkem International, Nigeria-The @OoniAdimulaIfe of , Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has said there is a traditional medicine that treats coronavirus disease. He took this initiative when he posted a video showing potent Yoruba herbs that could be Coronavirus solution.
@OoniAdimulaIfe is currently working with @yemkemgroup (Alternative Medicine Expert) pharmaceutical company for the packaging and distribution of these globally. The ooni of Ife made this known via his Twitter handle.

2. Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceuticals- According to @Forbes US is spending nearly half a billion dollars($450 million) on @JohnsonandJohnson company in the race to find a coronavirus vaccine. It's the largest report spent on vaccine project to date.

3. Casino Biologics Inc- On March 16, #China announced the first clinical trial of its own coronavirus vaccine candidate, called Ad5-nCoV, jointly developed by @CansinoBiologicsInc. and the Academy of Military Medical Sciences of China.
The development was based on Cansino’s adenovirus-based viral vector vaccine technology platform, which had been successfully used for developing Ebola virus disease vaccine back in 2017. This info was made known by @Bloomberg.

https://twitter.com/Tobimichael001/status/1244917081918881793?s=19

Re: Efforts Made So Far In Producing Coronavirus Vaccine by pman06(m): 11:13am On Mar 31, 2020
Interesting read. But can
YemKem and Oonis progress here be widely accepted? Considering the stigmatization the US had against chloroquine, before it was accepted, even though China came out and said its working for them.

Well, time will tell.




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Re: Efforts Made So Far In Producing Coronavirus Vaccine by Karex81(m): 11:17am On Mar 31, 2020
The world should question China how the managed to cure 81000+ from corona virus

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