Janssen Pharma Working With Beth Israel Medical for Covid-19 Vaccine
13 Mars 2020 - 3:30PM
Dow Jones News
By Chris Wack
Johnson & Johnson said Friday that its Janssen
Pharmaceutical Companies have entered a collaboration with the Beth
Israel Deaconess Medical Center to support the development of a
preventive vaccine candidate for Covid-19.
The companies have begun preclinical testing of multiple vaccine
prospects, with an aim to identify by the end of March a Covid-19
vaccine candidate for clinical trials.
Janssen said it is optimistic that, in collaboration with
multiple global strategic partners, it can initiate a Phase 1
clinical study of a potential vaccine candidate by the end of the
year. Janssen is preparing to upscale production and manufacturing
capacities to levels required to meet global public health
vaccination needs.
Janssen said it is using its proven vaccine technology used to
develop investigational Ebola, Zika, RSV and HIV vaccines. Research
and collaboration on preclinical work for Zika and HIV vaccine
candidates at the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at Beth
Israel Deaconess Medical Center was foundational to developing
these vaccines.
Janssen said it is also working closely with global strategic
partners to screen its library of antiviral molecules to accelerate
the discovery of potential Covid-19 treatments.
Write to Chris Wack at chris.wack@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
March 13, 2020 10:15 ET (14:15 GMT)
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