Drug Trials News for October 2020

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Russian application of Sputnik V vaccine for WHO vaccine prequalification among the first applications submitted Russian application of Sputnik V vaccine for WHO vaccine prequalification among the first applications submitted

Moscow, October 27, 2020 – The Russian Direct Investment Fund, (RDIF, Russia's sovereign wealth fund), has submitted applications to the World Health Organization (WHO) for accelerated registration (Emergency Use Listing, EUL) and prequalification of the world’s first registered vaccine against the coronavirus Sputnik V, which is based on a well-studied platform of human adenoviral vectors. The Russian Federation has become one of the first countries to apply to WHO for prequalification of its vaccine against the novel coronavirus infection.