Johnson & Johnson tests 10 variants of coronavirus vaccine

Group eyes human trials in fall, utilizing Ebola and HIV knowledge

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Johnson & Johnson's Dutch unit Janssen Vaccines & Prevention started development of a vaccine for the new coronavirus in January as soon as the genetic code became available. © Reuters

HIROKO NISHIMURA, Nikkei staff writer

NEW YORK -- Johnson & Johnson is leveraging its technologies used in the development of vaccines for Ebola, Zika, and HIV in a race to stop the spread of COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus.

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