Covid-19 Vaccine Candidate Scrapped After False Positives on HIV Tests
Australia had ordered 51 million doses of vaccine under joint development by CSL Ltd., University of Queensland
A Covid-19 vaccine candidate in Australia has been scrapped because recipients returned false positives on certain HIV tests, underscoring the difficulties scientists face in rapidly developing an inoculation for the coronavirus.
The vaccine candidate, called v451, was being jointly developed by the University of Queensland and CSL Ltd., an Australia-based biopharma company…
