Medical Syringe & Vaccine

Biotech Companies Working on a COVID-19 Vaccine For Cats

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LOS ANGELES – A group of bio technology companies are currently developing a COVID-19 vaccine for cats.

The Italian startup Takis Biothech is partnering with Applied DNA Sciences, a company based in New York, to create a two-dose vaccine that will hopefully be administered to cats by the end of the year.

The companies have been working on the vaccine since early last year and most recently received regulatory approval to conduct veterinary clinical trials that are expected to take up to six months.

“The goal of the trial remains to evaluate the vaccine candidate as a strategy for the prevention of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in feline companions of humans that would mitigate the animals as a potential reservoir for infections in humans,” the companies wrote in a statement.

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