The Coronavirus pandemic in Germany medicine, politics, tourism and society firmly in its grip: More than four million people globally have become infected with the pathogen of Sars-CoV-2, 174.772 of them in Germany.
U.S. medicines regulatory FDA grants the vaccine developer Moderna accelerated procedure
The US Biotech firm Moderna has "positive Zwischenergebnissen" in the first Phase of clinical Tests of a possible vaccine against the novel Coronavirus have been reported. Together with the US food and drug administration NIH-developed vaccine mRNA 1273 have caused in eight of the 45 study participants with an immune response, the company said on Monday. This resembled, therefore, the response of people infected with the Virus.
"Although they are considered as provisional, show the intermediate results of the first Phase that vaccination with mRNA-1273 can trigger an immune response in the same order of magnitude, as triggered by a naturally drawn infection caused wird", Tal Zaks, medical Director of Moderna said. The full results of the first Phase of clinical Tests, however, are not yet known. 
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Support the company receives from the US-medication supervision FDA. Moderna is a fast-track procedure, according to the Reuters news Agency reported. The company’s shares will respond positively to this message. It leads to an increase of three percent in premarket trading.
The third and last and most important Phase of the clinical Tests will begin in July. It is crucial for a possible recognition of the effectiveness of the vaccine. According to the Moderna additional Tests showed in mice that the vaccine prevents spread of the Virus in the lungs of the mice.
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