Another, better (?) vaccine
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Sanofi and GSK said Wednesday that they plan to submit their COVID-19 vaccine for authorization following "strong" results in a Phase 3 trial.
The latest COVID-19 vaccine entrant could play an important role in helping vaccinate the world, given that it is easier to store than the mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna.
The vaccine had 100 percent efficacy against severe disease and hospitalization. Efficacy against any infection at all was 57.9 percent. While that is lower than was reported originally for Pfizer and Moderna, Sanofi and GSK said the results reflect the latest variants, and are “in line with expected vaccine effectiveness in today’s environment dominated by variants of concern.”
The companies also said the vaccine had a “favorable safety profile.”
They plan to submit for authorization to the Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency.
The vaccine can also be used as a booster, including in people who originally received an mRNA vaccine.
The Sanofi-GSK uses a more traditional vaccine technology, as opposed to the newer mRNA used by Pfizer and Moderna. Therefore it could both convince some people skeptical of mRNA vaccines to get the shots, and, importantly, help reach lower-income countries due to easier storage requirements.
Novavax, another vaccine maker, also applied for authorization last month, further adding to the arsenal.
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Fuck GSK.
Please love yourself.
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@George-K said in Another, better (?) vaccine:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Another, better (?) vaccine:
Fuck GSK.
They formed a PAC to lobby against their own patients. Specifically they found a way to kill a drug generic that's been around since forever and re-patent it. And when that worked here in the U.S., they tried the same shit in other countries.
It had absolutely nothing to do with anything other than "hey, we can make a shitload of money with this drug again—all we have to do is screw these people."
So yeah. Fuck GSK and anyone who works for them anally sideways.
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Cuba has been working on a protein based vaccine, which has been shown to be actually pretty good. (Of course, it has not gone through the same "peer review" and data analyses at others.)
