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SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
Fri Oct 29, 2021, 01:40 PM Oct 2021

Israel's oral COVID vaccine gets greenlight for trial in South Africa

https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEMbu9gUuiYNH7maWjEjpjMoqGAgEKg8IACoHCAowr9eeCTDYlm4wg-rNBg?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen

“An oral COVID-19 vaccine would eliminate barriers to rapid, wide-scale distribution, enabling people to administer the vaccine themselves."

Israel’s Oravax Medical announced Friday that it has received clearance from the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority to begin enrolling volunteers for a Phase I clinical trial of its novel oral COVID-19 vaccine.

Oravax Medical is the subsidiary of Oramed Pharmaceuticals, run by Israeli CEO Nadav Kidron. The company was founded based on technology developed by Jerusalem’s Hadassah-University Medical Center.

More at link. Very exciting news!
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Israel's oral COVID vaccine gets greenlight for trial in South Africa (Original Post) SheltieLover Oct 2021 OP
Well, COVID-19 certainly does replicate in gut, but I'm more optimistic about intranasal vaccines hlthe2b Oct 2021 #1
Absolutely! SheltieLover Oct 2021 #3
This truly is very exciting news! StarryNite Oct 2021 #2
Ikr? SheltieLover Oct 2021 #4

hlthe2b

(102,225 posts)
1. Well, COVID-19 certainly does replicate in gut, but I'm more optimistic about intranasal vaccines
Fri Oct 29, 2021, 01:46 PM
Oct 2021

Nonetheless, I'm pleased to see the myriad of different approaches undergoing clinical trials.

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