ImmunityBio and NantKwest Begin Dosing Participants in Global Trials for Novel COVID-19 Vaccine; Subcutaneous Route in South Africa, Oral and Sublingual in the U.S.

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Mar 08, 2021
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ImmunityBio%2C+Inc., a privately-held immunotherapy company, and NantKwest%2C+Inc. (NASDAQ%3A+NK), a clinical-stage, natural killer cell-based therapeutics company, today announced the first cohorts of their South Africa and U.S. COVID-19 vaccine trials have received their initial doses of the company’s T-cell-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate, hAd5. This candidate is unique in targeting both the spike (S) and nucleocapsid (N) proteins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. These trials will determine which route combination provides the strongest immune response and long-term immunity, as well as the vaccine candidate’s effectiveness against the growing number of mutated variants of the virus.