Ciencia

Vacuna contra la covid-19: AstraZeneca frena ensayo clínico por efectos adversos graves en una persona

Estudio estaba en fase III, donde se busca medir la eficacia en un número grande de personas; empresa indica que se puso en pausa de forma preventiva, no se detalló cuán grave o raro sea dicho efecto secundario

(FILES) In this file photo Dr. Nita Patel, Director of Antibody discovery and Vaccine development, lifts a vial with a potential coronavirus, COVID-19, vaccine at Novavax labs in Gaithersburg, Maryland on March 20, 2020, one of the labs developing a vaccine for the coronavirus, COVID-19. - The CEOs of nine companies developing vaccines against Covid-19 on September 8, 2020 pledged to "uphold the integrity of the scientific process" amid concern Donald Trump will pressure regulators to approve a vaccine ahead of the presidential election in November. "We, the undersigned biopharmaceutical companies, want to make clear our ongoing commitment to developing and testing potential vaccines for COVID-19 in accordance with high ethical standards and sound scientific principles," said the CEOs.The statement was signed by AstraZeneca, BioNTech, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Moderna, Novavax, Pfizer and Sanofi. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
(FILES) In this file photo Dr. Nita Patel, Director of Antibody discovery and Vaccine development, lifts a vial with a potential coronavirus, COVID-19, vaccine at Novavax labs in Gaithersburg, Maryland on March 20, 2020, one of the labs developing a vaccine for the coronavirus, COVID-19. - The CEOs of nine companies developing vaccines against Covid-19 on September 8, 2020 pledged to "uphold the integrity of the scientific process" amid concern Donald Trump will pressure regulators to approve a vaccine ahead of the presidential election in November. "We, the undersigned biopharmaceutical companies, want to make clear our ongoing commitment to developing and testing potential vaccines for COVID-19 in accordance with high ethical standards and sound scientific principles," said the CEOs.The statement was signed by AstraZeneca, BioNTech, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Moderna, Novavax, Pfizer and Sanofi. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS
AstraZeneca se unió a la Universidad de Oxford para producir esta vacuna. Otras nueve vacunas experimentales de diferentes laboratorios farmacéuticos están en fase III de ensayos clínicos. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP)

La compañía farmacéutica AstraZeneca anunció la tarde de este martes que pone en pausa su ensayo clínico para probar una vacuna contra la covid-19. La razón: un evento adverso grave en uno de sus participantes en el Reino Unido.

La noticia fue dada a conocer por el medio estadounidense STAT News.

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