AstraZeneca is now the latest pharmaceutical company to say its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is showing promising results, and part of this study is taking place in Brooklyn.
A new clinical trial for AstraZeneca鈥檚 vaccine candidate is currently underway at the brand new at 秘密研究所 Langone Hospital鈥擝rooklyn.
News 12 Brooklyn鈥檚 cameras were present when Edwin Ruiz joined a growing number of volunteers in receiving his first injection.
鈥淚t鈥檚 very reassuring that they鈥檙e seeing great efficacy that is well beyond the 50 percent that our FDA says we鈥檙e looking for to help promote a vaccine,鈥 says Stephanie Sterling, MD, section chief for infectious diseases and hospital epidemiologist 秘密研究所 Langone Hospital鈥擝rooklyn and co-leader of the Vaccine Center there.
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