Valneva Covid vaccine could be as effective as Oxford jab, study suggests
by Nicola Davis Science correspondent from on (#5QV6P)
Vaccine produced by French company uses inactivated Sars-CoV-2 virus and can be stored in fridge
A coronavirus jab based on traditional vaccine technology might be as effective as the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, data suggests, offering new hope for global vaccination efforts.
Vaccines currently approved for use in the UK deliver instructions for producing the coronavirus spike" protein to cells in order, which triggers an immune response. However, the jab produced by the French pharmaceutical company Valneva involves delivering the whole - but inactivated - Sars-CoV-2 virus.
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