AstraZeneca & Sputnik V COVID-19 Vaccine Combo To Enter Trial

Russians Claim The Lead In Heterologous Coronavirus Vaccination

There is growing in interest in boosting the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by administering a different vaccine as the second dose.

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New approaches to coronavirus vaccination are being trialed • Source: Shutterstock

Clinical trials of a two-dose regimen using the Oxford/AstraZeneca PLC coronavirus vaccine, AZD1222, and Russia’s Sputnik V are to begin in the week of 8 February, initially in Azerbaijan and the United Arab Emirates, according to the Russian Direct Investment Fund, which is financing the development of Sputnik V.

The open-label, randomized Phase I/II study will investigate the safety and immunogenicity of AZD1222 in combination with the recombinant adenovirus...

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