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J&J’s HIV vaccine fails in sub-Saharan Africa trial
WASHINGTON: Johnson & Johnson’s highly anticipated HIV vaccine failed to demonstrate adequate protection in a clinical trial involving more than 2,600 young women in sub-Saharan Africa, the company and US health authorities said Tuesday.Though the vaccine was found to be safe, with no serious side effects, its efficacy in preventing HIV infection was just over 25%.As a result, the “Imbokodo” trial that began in 2017 will now be halted, and the participants, from Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe will be told whether they received the vaccine or placebo.But the company will continue a parallel trial involving men who have sex with men and transgender individuals that is ta

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