Pharma chiefs: Coronavirus vaccine will take 12-18 monthsThe pharmaceutical industry says it will make sure a coronavirus vaccine "will be available" to everyone "who needs it" across the globe. GENEVA: The pharmaceutical industry expects it will take 12 to 18 months to roll out a coronavirus vaccine, executives said Thursday, as they jointly pledged to make it available worldwide based on need. It's going to take 12 to 18 months until you have a registered vaccine on the market." But industry chiefs said they could not lower the testing standards to get a preventative vaccine on the market more quickly. Venkayya added that some, if not most of the testing programmes being run, would fail to produce a viable vaccine.

Source: Bangkok Post March 20, 2020 01:47 UTC