List of the organizations which are in the race to find a vaccine to cure COVID-19
In such a pandemic situation a lot of doctors and civil servants are trying to keep the public away from this fatal Wuhan virus, a lot of scientists and researchers are in the duty to hold this virus from spreading. They are working day and night to find a cure for this virus.
In this, they have tried many trials by injecting the vaccine to both primates as well as humans. As they are facing a lot of barriers on their way of finding a vaccine, there are also a lot of improvements.
So here we have listed out 5 big organizations that are on their way to finding a vaccine to cure the coronavirus.
1.Moderna
Headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Market cap: $10.3 billion
Product: Vaccine (mRNA-1273)
Stage: Phase I trial to begin soon.
2.Gilead Sciences
Headquarters: Foster City, California
Market cap: $94 billion
Product: Drug (remdesivir)
Stage: Phase II trial initiated.
3.Johnson & Johnson
Headquarters: New Brunswick, New Jersey
Market cap: $379.2 billion
Product: Drug
Stage: Discovery/preclinical.
4.Sanofi
Headquarters: Paris
Market cap: 113.6 billion euros ($123.7 billion)
Product: Vaccine
Stage: Discovery/preclinical.
5.Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Headquarters: Tarrytown, New York
Market cap: $50.5 billion
Product: Drug
Stage: Discovery/preclinical.
There is also research going in India to discover the vaccine for the coronavirus pandemic. The Serum Institute of India has partnered with the Oxford vaccine project as one of the seven global institutions that will manufacture the vaccine. But Serum Institute of India doesn't come under the top 5 organizations.
Serum Institute of India
Headquarters: Pune
Market cap: $100 Million
Product: Vaccine
Stage: Phase I trial to begin soon.
Let's everybody pray that we find a cure as soon as possible and also don't share any wrong pieces of information through social media with knowing their consequences.
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