You don't volunteer for the placebo. You volunteer for the trial
And you get meds without knowing if you are getting the placebo or not.
I guess what interests me is that with remdesivir or a working vaccine, there won't be enough to go around. There will be countries with meds and/or vaccines that work (to some extent) and they will not be exporting them which may cause some tensions...
What hasn't been pointed out much is that UK based GSK have a compound that increases the effectiveness of a vaccine. So you can get away with a smaller dose. Now this is obviously used in combination with a vaccine. So whoever comes up with a working vaccine will want to use the GSK booster and it's likely that there will be a reciprocal supply agreement. On top of that Oxford Uni and Astrazeneca are one of the leading vaccine development partnerships globally. Basically, the UK is looking in a good position to be in the front of the queue to get a vaccine.
With remdesivir, this is made in California as far as I am aware. Will Trump allow export of put 'America first'?
Posted By: Timmy_Goat on April 30th 2020 at 12:46:03
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- Some more positive coronavirus news updates (Coronavirus) - Jim, Apr 30, 10:34:14
- You don't volunteer for the placebo. You volunteer for the trial (Coronavirus) - Timmy_Goat, Apr 30, 12:46:03
- Fingers crossed apparently that Oxford don't get there too soon (Coronavirus) - paulg, Apr 30, 11:12:13
- Strange article that. The headline doesn;t quite reflect what she says to be fair. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Jim, Apr 30, 11:39:47
- There must be gigantic sums of money hanging on these trials, The sample amounts seem very (Coronavirus) - promethian1, Apr 30, 10:43:10
- Yes. Gone up by 6% apparently. I assume this one is "independent" though? (Coronavirus) - Jim, Apr 30, 11:37:16
- This wasn’t there an equivalent trial elsewhere ... (Coronavirus) - loz, Apr 30, 10:53:30
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