The leader of drug maker Moderna says the company should know in November whether its experimental COVID-19 vaccine works. Stephane Bancel spoke on the financial news network CNBC Thursday, the same day Moderna released a document that details its vaccine trial plans. Bancel told Reuters that if its COVID-19 vaccine proves to be at least 70 percent effective, the company would seek Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for people in high-risk groups. The high-risk groups would include healthcare workers and older people. U.S. government officials say a vaccine candidate must show it is at least 50 percent more effective than a placebo, before the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would consider it for approval. Moderna, based in Massachusetts, has never brought a vaccine to market. But the U.S. government’s Operation Warp Speed program has given the company almost $1 billion for its work on a vaccine. Moderna has a $1.5 billion agreement with the U.S. to supply COVID-19 vaccine.
Title: COVID-19 Vaccine Maker Says It Will Know if Treatment Works by November
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4535/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='COVID-19 Vaccine Maker Says It Will Know if Treatment Works by November' data-article-id='5031'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='12979'>The leader of drug maker Moderna says the company should know in November whether its experimental COVID-19 vaccine works.</span> <span data-start-time='12979' data-end-time='29167'>Stephane Bancel spoke on the financial news network CNBC Thursday, the same day Moderna released a document that details its vaccine trial plans.</span> <span data-start-time='29167' data-end-time='48271'>Bancel told Reuters that if its COVID-19 vaccine proves to be at least 70 percent effective, the company would seek Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for people in high-risk groups.</span> <span data-start-time='48271' data-end-time='55333'> The high-risk groups would include healthcare workers and older people.</span> <span data-start-time='55333' data-end-time='73958'>U.S. government officials say a vaccine candidate must show it is at least 50 percent more effective than a placebo, before the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would consider it for approval.</span> <span data-start-time='73958' data-end-time='80938'>Moderna, based in Massachusetts, has never brought a vaccine to market.</span> <span data-start-time='80938' data-end-time='94167'>But the U.S. government’s Operation Warp Speed program has given the company almost $1 billion for its work on a vaccine.</span> <span data-start-time='94167' data-end-time='104833'>Moderna has a $1.5 billion agreement with the U.S. to supply COVID-19 vaccine.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4535/A.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=15865 data-hint-location='48271' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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