Many companies are working on vaccines, but these are the three that experts say are closest to being tested, approved and available to the U.S. public.
Finding a vaccine for coronavirus has become a public health priority, and pharmaceutical companies and researchers across the country are hard at work on different contenders.
While many companies are working on vaccines, below are two potential vaccines and one"passive vaccine" that experts tell NBC News are closest to being tested, approved and available to the U.S. public.Moderna's mRNA-1273Moderna Inc. of Cambridge, Massachusetts, has already begun Phase I human testing of its mRNA-1273 at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. The test has enrolled 45 healthy adults ages 18 to 55.
Subjects get an injection on days 1 and 29 and will be followed for 12 months after the second injection.Regeneron's REGN3048-3051Regeneron Pharmaceuticals of Tarrytown, New York, is working on an antibody treatment that uses the virus itself. The company genetically modifies mice to have human immune systems and then exposes them to part of the virus. The mice then build up antibodies to fight the virus.
Regeneron's drug could be used as a treatment for those who are already infected, but according to the company it could also be used as a preventive measure for the healthy, like a vaccine. Such drugs are sometimes referred to as"passive" vaccines.
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