{"id":139448,"date":"2020-08-18T15:03:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T10:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=139448"},"modified":"2020-08-18T15:03:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T10:03:00","slug":"drap-approves-phase-iii-clinical-trial-of-coronavirus-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/drap-approves-phase-iii-clinical-trial-of-coronavirus-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"DRAP approves Phase III clinical trial of coronavirus vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD :  The National Institute of Health (NIH) has obtained approval from the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) for Phase III clinical trial of coronavirus vaccine.<br \/>\nAccording to media reports, the NIH said in a statement that it has obtained \u201cthe formal approval from DRAP for Phase III Clinical Trial of Recombinant Novel Coronavirus Vaccine Adenovirus Type 5 vector (Ad5-nCoV) developed by CanSinoBio and Beijing Institute of Biotechnology China [BIB].\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThis will be the first ever phase III clinical trial for any vaccine in Pakistan,\u201d the statement said.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is a multi-country multi-centre clinical trial which CanSinoBio is already conducting in China, Russia, Chile, Argentina and will shortly start in Saudi Arabia. The principal investigator of the multi-centre clinical trial in Pakistan is NIH executive director Maj Gen Aamer Ikram.<br \/>\n\u201cAJM Pharma CEO Adnan Hussain signed an agreement with the NIH last month for collaborating on the phase-III clinical trial of CanSinoBIO Ad5-nCoV in Pakistan. The study will be conducted in prestigious medical research centres in the country \u2013 Aga Khan Medical University, Karachi; Indus Hospital, Karachi; Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital, Lahore; Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, and UHS Lahore.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD : The National Institute of Health (NIH) has obtained approval from the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) for Phase III clinical trial of coronavirus vaccine. 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