HHS, NIH announce universal vaccine platform, promote placebo trials for new vaccines

University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 612-625-5000 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced a next-generation, universal vaccine platform called Generation Gold Standard, using a beta-propiolactone (BPL)-inactivated, whole-virus platform. “Generation Gold Standard is a paradigm shift,” said NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, MD, in a press release. “It extends vaccine protection beyond strain-specific limits and prepares for

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