AZ Will Sideline ‘Lucky Mistake’ To Secure COVID-19 Vaccine Approval

US Unlikely To Accept Data

A lower first dose boosted the vaccine’s efficacy result – but AstraZeneca has conceded this has to be proven in a separate trial.

Jenner Institute by John Cairns
UK regulator the MHRA is to review the core data - but the FDA is likely to wait for US trial data. • Source: John Cairns for Jenner Institute

AstraZeneca and Oxford University are set to sideline the ‘lucky mistake’ data which boosted the Phase III results of their COVID-19 vaccine earlier this week, after facing criticism about how the study was performed and doubts about the robustness of the interim data.

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