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US bets on untested company to deliver COVID-19 vaccine

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

US bets on untested company to deliver COVID-19 vaccine

ApiJect’s devices are self-contained, with soft plastic blisters that are squeezed, like a nose spray or eye drop, to push the vaccine through an attached needle and into the patient.

The device includes a little computer chip — like the ones in credit cards — that can transmit information about the drug, dose, location and time of administration. The chip is not injected into patients.

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When AP reached out directly to Trump’s vaccine czar, Moncef Slaoui, to discuss the new technology, a spokesperson said the query was inappropriate.

Moderna spars with U.S. scientists over COVID-19 vaccine trials

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Moderna spars with U.S. scientists over COVID-19 vaccine trials

The federal government is supporting Moderna’s vaccine project with nearly half a billion dollars and has chosen it as one of the first to enter large-scale human trials.

But the company – which has never produced an approved vaccine or run a large trial – has squabbled with government scientists over the process, delayed delivering trial protocols and resisted experts’ advice on how to run the study, according to three sources familiar with the vaccine project.