Boris Naroditsky, Deputy Research Director of the DI Ivanovsky Institute of Virology and one of the main creators of the Sputnik-V coronavirus vaccine, has passed away. The publication writes that this was announced by Anatoly Altshtein, chief investigator of the National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after NF Gamaleya. RTVI.
The scientist was 82 years old when he died. However, the exact cause of death has not yet been clarified.
Naroditsky was considered the “founding father” of the Russian human adenovirus vector platform, according to the publication. The creation of the Sputnik-V vaccine in 2020 was based on this.
Inna Dolzhikova, one of the developers of the coronavirus vaccine in question, in November 2023 statedIt was stated that the effectiveness of the drug against deaths caused by Covid-19 infection was 90%. He emphasized that this vaccine continues to show good results even against the background of the emergence of new variants of the coronavirus.
11 December Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation registered Sputnik Light vaccine has been updated. As the press service of the ministry reported, the new drug is intended to prevent Covid-19 infection and has an additional antigenic composition.
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