By Matt Grossman

 

Johnson & Johnson said Monday that it has made progress on a vaccine to prevent Covid-19 and the product could be ready in early 2021.

The New Brunswick, N.J.-based company selected a lead candidate for the vaccine from the constructs it had been working on, and said human trials will begin by September at the latest. It said it could get approval under an emergency-use authorization to make the vaccine widely available early next year.

Johnson & Johnson said it would try to scale its global manufacturing capabilities to make more than 1 billion of a Covid-19 vaccine. It said it is also working with the Department of Health and Human Services to expand its research into a treatment for Covid-19.

 

Write to Matt Grossman at matt.grossman@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

March 30, 2020 07:54 ET (11:54 GMT)

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