British American Tobacco (LON: BATS) can now test Covid vaccine on humans

December 18, 2020 02:01 AM AEDT | By Team Kalkine Media

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British American Tobacco has been given the go-ahead to test the Covid vaccine testing on humans in the US. The US Food & Drug Administration has allowed the company to start its clinical study with adult volunteers.

BAT has previously said that it can produce its own vaccine in six weeks, compared with others taking several months in doing that.
BAT has also said that its vaccine is more stable at room temperature, unlike the Pfizer vaccine, which requires a temperature of below 70c.
Kentucky BioProcessing (KBP), the biotechnology division of the company has been developing the vaccine alongside a seasonal flu vaccine. It had earlier worked on a treatment for Ebola.
KBP has claimed that it can turn tobacco plants into “bio-manufacturing factories” capable of producing proteins.
As per British American Tobacco, for the Covid-19 vaccine, KBP had cloned a part of the genetic sequence of coronavirus and created a prospective antigen, which is then injected into tobacco plants for breeding.
Reacting to the development, director of scientific research for BAT, Dr David O’Reilly said that the approval for human trial for both the Covid-19 and the seasonal flu vaccine is a big achievement and portrays the company’s growing reach in emerging biologicals portfolio.
The stocks of British American Tobacco Plc (LON:BATS) on 17 December 2020, traded lower by 2.57% from its previous closing, hovering at around GBX 2,786.50 at 14:29 PM GMT+1.

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