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Re:CureVac fails in pivotal Covid-19 vaccine trial with 47% ... by hannob on Thursday June 17, 2021 @04:18AM (#27537293)
There were ideas thrown around to do one big study of various vaccines instead of multiple ones. Didn't happen, probably was too much of an organizational challenge and would've required all companies to comply to a protocol made by a third party.

Scientifically it would've been the best idea.

The challenge now is that the more the world gets vaccinated the harder it gets to do any meaningful trial.

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Re:CureVac fails in pivotal Covid-19 vaccine trial with 47% ... by throwaway4good on Thursday June 17, 2021 @04:27AM (#27537342)
Why would the companies producing the vaccine have a say in this? Sure Pfizer might go “nah - we are happy with our trial - we don’t need another”. But come on ..,
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Re:CureVac fails in pivotal Covid-19 vaccine trial with 47% ... by spadez on Thursday June 17, 2021 @05:08AM (#27537593)
> Why would the companies producing the vaccine have a say in this..

Because, if I am not mistaken, these studies are funded by the companies themselves.

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Re:CureVac fails in pivotal Covid-19 vaccine trial with 47% ... by throwaway4good on Thursday June 17, 2021 @05:35AM (#27537798)
Sure but they do them because they are required by law to do so.
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Re:CureVac fails in pivotal Covid-19 vaccine trial with 47% ... by throwaway4good on Thursday June 17, 2021 @05:58AM (#27537941)
Anyway. The public is paying for this in the end. If there is genuine suspicion that these efficacy numbers no longer hold, we should just sponsor a test of it. Otherwise we base our decisions on what to buy and how to roll it out on wrong data.
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Re:CureVac fails in pivotal Covid-19 vaccine trial with 47% ... by spadez on Thursday June 17, 2021 @05:37AM (#27537813)
Sure, that is what I meant, they are required by law to show the benefit of the drug once.

So its really upto them if they want to do another trial, right? At least as per current law..

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