£46 million ($56 million) is being injected by the British government, including £5 million in philanthropic gifts, into a new RNA vaccine attempt from Imperial College London.

The tests, which have been preclinical to date but will now be used across 300 healthy volunteers in the “coming weeks,” will be the first test of a new self-amplifying RNA technology that has the potential to “revolutionise vaccine development and enable scientists to respond more quickly to emerging diseases,” according to the government. Source: Fierce Biotech 16/6/2020