Patrick Soon-Shiong hopes an experimental COVID-19 vaccine from his companies will prove its worth in monkeys. By Jon CohenScience's COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center.The race of for a COVID-19 vaccine has a dark horse entrant.
Billionaire scientist and businessman Patrick Soon-Shiong announced in a 27 May investor call and press release that an experimental vaccine being developed by two of his companies is on the shortlist of 14 candidates being evaluated by Operation Warp Speed, the Trump administration’s push to deliver 300 million doses of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines by January 2021.While the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has so far announced financial backing for five other vaccine