💉 Study for world's first tuberculosis vaccine in 100 years reaches recruitment target earlier than expected

💉 Study for world's first tuberculosis vaccine in 100 years reaches recruitment target earlier than expected

The clinical trial of potentially first new tuberculosis vaccine in a century has successfully recruited all 20,000 participants several months earlier than planned.The M72/AS01E vaccine showed 50 percent effectiveness in earlier phase 2 studies, which could reduce millions of tuberculosis cases globally.The study is being conducted in five countries: South Africa, Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, and Indonesia, with funding from the Gates Foundation and …