There are over 125 efforts underway to develop a vaccine for the Covid coronoavirus. Here’s a chart summarizing the status of some of the most promising, including all five of the ones designated by the White House for the Warp Speed project. The data is from the New York Times but the chart is my own.
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Vaccine |
Producer |
Warp |
Color |
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RNA based Genetic Vaccines |
Moderna |
WS |
Phase |
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Pfizer |
WS |
Phase II |
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Imperial |
Phase I |
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Curevac |
Pre-clinical |
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DNA |
Inovio |
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Viral Vector (use other viruses to insert coronavirus proteins |
Astra-Zeneca |
WS |
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CanSino |
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Johnson |
WS |
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Novartis |
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Merck |
WS |
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Vaccines use covid virus fragments or proteins |
Novavax |
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Clover |
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Baylor |
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Univ. of |
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Univ. of |
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Sanofi |
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Vaxart |
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Uses whole deactivated coronoavirus |
Sinovac |
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Sinopharm |
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Inst. Of |
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Repurposes |
Murdoch |