Daiichi Sankyo has commenced a Phase I/II/III clinical trial of a booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine, DS-5670, in Japan.
The messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine leverages a new nucleic acid delivery technology.
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In animal models, the vaccine elicited neutralising activities against the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to some extent after the initial dosing.
Furthermore, the additional dose of the vaccine boosted neutralising activities, showing a possible booster effect.
The trial will assess the safety and efficacy of the booster vaccine in healthy Japanese adults, including elderly people, who completed the initial two-dose regimen with Covid-19 vaccines.
Booster vaccine will be given a minimum of six months following the last vaccine dose.
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By GlobalDataThe trial’s first part will decide the recommended booster dosage of the vaccine followed by a controlled trial that will enrol 4,500 adult subjects to assess DS-5670 against other vaccines in the country.
Daiichi Sankyo plans to develop and market the DS-5670 vaccine in Japan this year.
The vaccine’s clinical development is being carried out through Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)-promoted “Vaccine development project” and “Urgent improvement project for vaccine manufacturing systems” supported by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
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