Japan drugmaker Shionogi says looking to provide COVID-19 vaccine this year

Japanese drugmaker Shionogi & Co. is expecting to provide a coronavirus vaccine within the year if conditions are met, its president said Monday.It would be the first domestically produced vaccine for the virus.With COVID-19 vaccines developed by U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. and other drugmakers already in use around the world, securing enough study participants for large-scale clinical trials has become a barrier for latecomers including Shionogi.Shionogi is currently discussing with Japan's health ministry a framework that would enable the efficacy and safety of the vaccine to be…READ FULL ARTICLE