COVID-19 Vaccine Studies Should Look Beyond Neutralizing Antibodies To Assess Variants’ Impact

Cellular responses and other potential immune correlates of protection could be better measurements of efficacy, Janssen’s vaccine discovery head argues at BIO.

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The scientific community must increase its attention to cellular responses and other potential immune correlates of protection in the efficacy assessment of COVID-19 vaccines against current and future variants, experts said during a BIO Digital panel discussion on the power of vaccines to combat the pandemic.

Hanneke Schuitemaker, global head of viral vaccines discovery and translational medicine at Janssen Pharmaceutical Cos., related the efficacy experience...

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