Coronavirus vaccines may be administered in PILL form in the future Alex Shipman
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Nadhim Zahawi, vaccines minister, has said the Government is assessing technologies with pills being developed around the globe. US-based ImmunityBio is using UK-developed technology to create vaccines in a pill or tablet form - and has started clinical trials.
IosBio, based in Sussex, has engineered a vaccine in oral form and carried out initial trials on monkeys. It is said to have produced highly effective results.
Mr Zahawi told Times Radio: There are technologies with pills and others being developed around the world and we will continue to look at those.