Harvest Time? Medicago And GSK Expect Summer Readout For Plant-Based COVID Vaccine

Vaccine Grown In Greenhouse Crops

Medicago’s vaccine has generated a strong immune responses in a Phase II trial, which could see it finally reap the benefits of its plant-based technology.

Medicago factory, North Carolina
Medicago currently only has enough capacity to supply Canada's 76 million dose order, but wants to eventually produce 1 billion doses a year. • Source: Medicago

Medicago and its partner GlaxoSmithKline could be on track to have a Phase III readout for their COVID-19 vaccine candidate by summer, which the Canadian company hopes would also demonstrate the efficacy of its plant-based vaccine platform.

Its approach is unlike any other COVID-19 vaccine developer: its proprietary technology uses the Australian tobacco plant N benthamiana as...

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