Soumya Swaminathan, chief scientist for the World Health Organisation, says the Oxford vaccine is the leading candidate. Although AstraZeneca is not a vaccine company, the processes for producing a vaccine are similar to those it uses for its biotechnology products. Dan Kitwood/Getty-Images British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called the race for the vaccine “the most urgent shared endeavour of our lifetimes”. Boris Johnson has called the race for the vaccine “the most urgent shared endeavour of our lifetimes”. But he would no doubt be delighted if the world’s first vaccine came from Oxford.

Source: Stuff July 05, 2020 22:41 UTC