Johnson and Johnson will start coronavirus vaccine trials in humans later this year and the pharmaceutical company says it hopes the drug will be ready for emergency use by early next year.
Scientists across the world are working to create a vaccine for Covid-19, with some human trials already under way. Johnson and Johnson said it had started work on a vaccine in January, and is aiming to start testing on people by September.
It anticipates the first batches of a Covid-19 vaccine could be available for emergency use authorisation in early 2021, a substantially accelerated timeframe in comparison with the typical vaccine development process.