A "good treatment drug and a vaccine," as you noted, are hard to come by. Vaccines can take years before tests show they are safe and effective. Treatments may come earlier, but without thorough testing of random, preferably double blind samples, one may not know for at least several months whether the drug is effective, and for how long. The most promising vaccine, ironically, is not the much publicized new vaccine under test by Moderna, which could actually be approved in another six months to a year.
Moderna Partners With Catalent For First
100 Million Covid-19 Vaccine Doses In Q3
June 25, 2020
Moderna Inc. ( MRNA) said it entered into a collaboration
with Catalent ( CTLT) for large-scale, commercial man-
ufacturing of its mRNA-based experimental vaccine can-
didate against the novel coronavirus.
As part of the agreement, Catalent will provide vial filling
and packaging, as well as additional staffing at its facility
for the production of an initial 100 million doses of the
vaccine candidate to supply the U.S. market starting in
the third quarter of this year. The companies said that they
are also in talks to secure capacity for continued prod-
uction of hundreds of millions of additional doses.
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