{"id":3883,"date":"2021-03-10T14:56:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T14:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/?p=3883"},"modified":"2021-03-10T14:56:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T14:56:52","slug":"cubas-abdala-vaccine-to-begin-phase-iii-of-clinical-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/cubas-abdala-vaccine-to-begin-phase-iii-of-clinical-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba&#8217;s Abdala Vaccine to Begin Phase III of Clinical Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/havana-1.jpeg?resize=747%2C498&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/havana-1.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/havana-1.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/havana-1.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/havana-1.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1025&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/havana-1.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1366&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/wp-content\/uploads\/havana-1.jpeg?w=2241&amp;ssl=1 2241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology&nbsp;will guarantee&nbsp;the doses needed for this clinical trial in which&nbsp;42,000 people will take&nbsp;part.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cuba&#8217;s President Miguel Diaz-Canel\u00a0on Saturday informed that the Abdala vaccine will start phase III of clinical trials this week in the provinces of Santiago de Cuba and Guantanamo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We are one step closer to immunized all of our people,&#8221; the&nbsp;President tweeted and informed the vaccine will enter the last phase of trials after the Control of Medicines, Equipment, and Medical Devices Center (Cecmed) approves it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), which is developing the&nbsp;Abdala vaccine, and the AICA Laboratories company stated that they have guaranteed the&nbsp;doses needed for this clinical trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Everything is organized for the new phase to start smoothly,&#8221; CIGB stated as informed that 42,000 people will take part in the III phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On February 25, CIGB and AICA Laboratories started the massive production of the Abdala vaccine, which will be applied intramuscularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cuba is also developing the Soberana 01, Soberana 01A, Soberana 02, and Mambisa COVID-19 vaccines. It will be one of the few countries worldwide to immunize its entire population with its drugs by 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, Cecmed allowed the start of phase III clinical trials of Soberana 02, the first Cuban vaccine to enter the advanced phase of clinical trials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telesurenglish.net\/news\/Cubas-Abdala-Vaccine-to-Begin-Phase-III-Clinical-Trials-20210308-0008.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tele Sur<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology&nbsp;will guarantee&nbsp;the doses needed for this clinical trial in which&nbsp;42,000 people will take&nbsp;part. Cuba&#8217;s President Miguel Diaz-Canel\u00a0on Saturday informed<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/cubas-abdala-vaccine-to-begin-phase-iii-of-clinical-trials\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101011,"featured_media":3884,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4712,"url":"https:\/\/www.cubasupport.ie\/latest\/cubas-abdala-vaccine-proved-92-28-effective-in-last-stage-clinical-trials\/","url_meta":{"origin":3883,"position":0},"title":"Cuba&#8217;s Abdala vaccine proved 92.28% effective in last-stage clinical trials.","author":"Editorial Team","date":"June 22, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Cuba said on Monday its three-shot Abdala vaccine against the coronavirus had proved 92.28% effective in last-stage clinical trials. 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