COVID19 Road to a vaccine episode 10: Professor Paul Young and Professor Trent Munro

In episode 10 of our COVID19 Road to a vaccine series, our host, Nigel Crawford, speaks with Professors Paul Young and Trent Munro to discuss the University of Queensland (UQ) COVID-19 vaccine candidate. UQ and CEPI (the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovation) have partnered with CSL (Seqirus) to advance their novel molecular clamp technology to develop their vaccine for COVID-19. This vaccine has recently progressed to Phase 1 clinical trials. In this episode they discuss:

• The University of Queensland COVID19 vaccine development process
• The involvement of CEPI in their trial
• The use of a molecular clamp platform in the development of their protein SARS-CoV-2 vaccine
• Results of their preclinical trials
• Their partnership with CSL/Seqirus and the use of the MF59 adjuvant
• The timeline of their clinical trials and the upcoming steps 

Links:

• CEPI partners with University of Queensland to create rapid response vaccines
• Dosing begins in the first human trial of UQ’s COVID-19 vaccine
• The University of Queensland, CEPI and CSL partner to advance development and manufacture of COVID-19 vaccine candidate

Listen to the episode here:

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