A German vaccines regulator says selected groups of people could be immunized against Covid-19 within six months. The prediction seems optimistic, however, as Berlin has cautioned that a cure shouldn’t be expected anytime soon.
“If data from phase-three trials shows the vaccines are effective and safe, the first vaccines could be approved at the beginning of the year,” Klaus Cichutek, head of the Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI), told Funke media group on Wednesday. The PEI serves as a federal regulatory and research body in charge of vaccine biomedicines and reports directly to the Health Ministry.
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