A local clinical research company is accepting 330 volunteers to test out a plant-based Covid-19 vaccine. Participants will be paid. (Port City Daily/Pexels, courtesy of Kaboompics)
WILMINGTON — A local clinical research company, Trial Management Associates (TMA), in conjunction with Wrighstville Family Practice, will be launching a trial for a new Covid-19 vaccine — one that is plant-based, according to TMA president Phil Datillo.
Though Datillo can’t reveal the vaccine’s producer or how its concept derived, per confidentiality agreements, he said the vaccine has passed preclinical testing and a Phase 1 trial. Now, it moves on to being tested on volunteers 18 and older for efficacy and prevention against SARS-CoV-2. Participants will be paid and must agree to five in-office visits upon receiving the vaccine.