These developments build on previous studies, including those conducted by Oxford Vaccine Group over the last 5 years enrolling over 200 UK participants. These volunteers were the first to receive this vaccine anywhere in the world, and to see this altruism translate into an Ebola vaccine being used to tackle the ongoing outbreak in the DRC is a wonderful vindication of their commitment, and that of the extraordinary staff at the Oxford Vaccine Group that delivered these studies
Ebola vaccine approved as second jab trialled
14 November 2019
It’s very exciting to see that the Ad26.ZEBOV/MVA-BN-Filo Ebola vaccine schedule is being used in a large-scale study in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is an important step towards having multiple vaccine strategies available to fight this dreadful illness, as is the recent application for marketing authorisation of this schedule by the European Medicines Agency.
