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Covid-19: World's first human trials given green light in UK

Posted by Mary <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Mary' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 17, 2021, 2:09 pm

'Healthy, young volunteers will be infected with coronavirus to test vaccines and treatments in the world's first Covid-19 "human challenge" study, which will take place in the UK.

The study, which has received ethics approval, will start in the next few weeks and recruit 90 people aged 18-30.

They will be exposed to the virus in a safe and controlled environment while medics monitor their health.'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56097088

£4.5k is being paid to each participant.

Re: Covid-19: World's first human trials given green light in UK

Posted by margo <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=margo' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 17, 2021, 3:02 pm, in reply to "Covid-19: World's first human trials given green light in UK"

Confused... Didn't human trials already take place in South Africa and Brazil last year? (prior to variant emergence)

Re: Covid-19: World's first human trials given green light in UK

Posted by margo <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=margo' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 17, 2021, 3:18 pm, in reply to "Re: Covid-19: World's first human trials given green light in UK"

on second thoughts, I believe it was only vaccine trials that were conducted in southern hemisphere, not 'treatment' trials as indicated now for the UK...

Re: Covid-19: World's first human trials given green light in UK

Posted by Mary <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Mary' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 17, 2021, 3:27 pm, in reply to "Re: Covid-19: World's first human trials given green light in UK"

Here's another lot feeding off OUR NHS.

'Established in 1989 as a spin out from Queen Mary University, London, hVIVO, part of Open Orphan plc is a trusted partner and industry-leading clinical development services business pioneering human disease models based upon viral challenge. Using human challenge studies to establish early proof-of-concept, hVIVO’s clinical trial platform can accelerate drug and vaccine development in respiratory and infectious disease.'

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Piling in and following the money.

https://otp.tools.investis.com/clients/uk/open_orphan/rns/regulatory-story.aspx?cid=2484&newsid=1430867

Sounds like the Wild West out there.

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