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US floats idea of early approval for eventual vaccine

Clinical trials must wait to see if there is a significant difference in the infection rate of two groups, one given an experimental vaccine, the other a placebo. [AFP]

The head of the US Food and Drug Administration raised the possibility in an interview published Sunday that a future vaccine against the coronavirus might be given emergency approval before the end of trials designed to ensure its safety and effectiveness. 

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