Australia’s Queensland University begins Covid-19 vaccine trial

The University of Queensland in Australia has started dosing healthy adult participants in a Phase I clinical trial of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate.

The first dose of the potential vaccine was given at Nucleus Network’s Brisbane clinic. The trial is intended to assess the safety of the candidate, along with its ability to induce immune response in healthy volunteers.

University of Queensland vaccine project co-leader professor Paul Young said: “The green light to move into this first phase of human trials follows extensive pre-clinical testing that started when we first selected our lead vaccine candidate on 14 February. Read more:https://www.clinicaltrialsarena.com/news/queensland-covid19-vaccine-trial/