Russia ready to trial combined AstraZeneca, Sputnik V vaccine in Ukraine

Russia's sovereign RDIF, which is marketing the Sputnik V vaccine abroad, announced in December trials to test a combination of the AstraZeneca vaccine with the Sputnik V

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Russian officials play down the reverses, saying they’ve already got orders for 1.2 billion doses. (Bloomberg)

is ready to conduct clinical trials in Ukraine of a COVID-19 vaccine combining its Sputnik V with a vaccine developed by together with Oxford University, the head of Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said on Saturday.
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Russia’s sovereign RDIF, which is marketing the Sputnik V vaccine abroad, announced in December trials to test a combination of the vaccine with the Sputnik V shot to see if this can boost the efficacy of the British drugmaker’s vaccine.

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First Published: Sun, January 03 2021. 09:05 IST
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