According to experts, a vaccine against the coronavirus could be available at this time next year. “It is definitely possible to develop a vaccine, but it has to go through the various stages of clinical development,” said the virologist at the Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety (LGL), Nikolaus Ackermann, on Wednesday in Oberschleissheim.
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In contrast to influenza, the vaccine must be developed from scratch. All steps from animal testing to use in individuals and larger patient groups are necessary. This means that the development process takes about a year to obtain approval. The corona virus has been known since the 1960s, there are at least two harmless species. The Sars epidemic in 2003 and 2004 – also caused by such a virus – was limited and short-term.
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University institutions are currently researching the development of a vaccine together with the pharmaceutical industry, said the head of the human-virology laboratory at LGL. The LGL itself is not working on a vaccine.
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