John Mascola

… a universal flu vaccine. I did the interview from the NIAID Vaccine Research Center. John Mascola also appeared as we showed the CNN crew around the VRC. Very nice piece. Tomorrow I do a 1 hour call in show on WTOP.

… ers. We thought that we had it all worked out with Francis greeting the VP and I and John Mascola take over. Not so easy. Francis calls me in distress late that evening and says that he looked at his recent message to NIH community that says everyone should wear a mask …

… Room (see above) displaying the NIH (esp. VRC) vaccine effort. I took Barney Graham, John Mascola (who presented) and Francis Collins. We successfully got VP to understand the NIH intramural and extramural. Got call from Paula Reid asking about a story in the New York T …

… ,200,000/339,000; USA – 1,650,000/98,000 Will discuss on today’s group call (Fauci, Corey,Mascola,Lane, Erbelding, Dieffenbach, Marston, Conrad) the conference call with Pharma to take place on Wednesday.

… trol the trial They have the IND and so the trial is really theirs. Moncef and I and John Mascola had important call where Moncef indicated that he himself is concerned that a single network with one leader can be responsible for 3 (Moderna, Astrazeneca, J & J) and poss …

… ions above) on implementing the protocol for mRNA in a way that both Larry Corey and John Mascola feel strongly is contrary to the safe followup of people who get infected and also contrary to good science in being able to get good end point data. We have tried, but the …

… m a lot during the meeting. Lasted about 40 minutes. Had teleconference from my home with Mascola, Dieffenbach, Mike Cohen, Peter Gilbert, Larry Corey regarding the revealing of the AMP data (Antibody Mediated Prevention). HPTN 703 – Women in Southern Africa and HPTN 70 …

… Press briefing by Francis Collins, me, Stephane Bancel, Matt Hepburn; Stephen Hoge, John Mascola related to Moderna announcement

… . Need to treat 70 patients to benefit 1. Had Zoom with NIH people (Francis Collins, John Mascola, Kim Taylor, Gary Gibbons, Eliseo Perez-Stable, Cliff Lane) and with the Janssen people (Paul Stoffels, Mathai Mammen, Stacey Hargraves, Peter Ronco, Macaya Douoguih, et al …

… o. AA male, ex-marine, ex-State Trooper. Says this is worse he has ever felt. • My group (Mascola, Graham, Lane, Marston briefed the ART team led by Lu Borio and Marcella Nunez-Smith and David Kessler. We spoke about the mutant viruses in UK and RSA and their impact on …

Global – 89,400,000/1,900,000; USA – 22,500,000/375,100 4400 deaths today John Mascola working with David Ho to determine the possibility that the UK (N501Y; B.1.1.7) and/or the RSA mutants evade the antibodies induced by vaccines. According to Ho, the RSA mu …

… e. For the South African variant it is 4 to 5-fold decrease. Had Zoom with David and John Mascola and others and David went over the Mutant data. Bottom line is that against the UK mutant the vaccine (Moderna)-induced sera is weakened by 2-fold; however, against the RSA …

… call on Sunday since Michel is publishing his data in BioRx on Monday. I will bring John Mascola on the call with me to describe with some slides. Also, I have pushed with JZ to get Ned Sharpless re-appointed as NCI Director otherwise his resignation letter will go int …

… the current gains. 3. Cases are declining or stable across the country (down 8.8%) • John Mascola and I presented to JZ and the Biden medical team the results from David Ho’s work on the UK and RSA mutants. (see above). We explained that this requires careful messaging …

… 00,000/440,000 Had usual MWF Press conference by Zoom Had discussion with the team (+John Mascola) about how best to utilize the J & J product (Ad26). There will be a messaging issue about 72% versus 94-95%. We cannot designate it for any specific group for that reason …

… ey all wanted selfies with me. Had 5:00PM call with Janet Woodcock, Francis Collins, John Mascola, Cliff lane, Peter Marks, and we decided that it would be best to recommend and EUA for people younger that 60 years old because the >60 years with co-morbidities had only …

… his is an extraordinary offer then I will have to sit down with my team particularly John Mascola who was on the call with us to determine what aspect of this multifaceted plan that David proposed would be owned by us here at NIAID versus what we would give to HHS/ASPR/ …

… s of the patent. We had a conversation this morning among Francis Collins , myself , John Mascola, and Mark Rohrbaugh concerning any leverage that we might have over Moderna to pressure them in sharing the expertise of their technology with developing countries particul …

… e Chirenje, Tulio de Oliveira, Larry Corey, David Kessler, Emilio Emini, Cliff Lane, John Mascola, Carl Dieffenbach, Emily Erbelding, among others. Beautiful situation of my impact on an autistic child. See attachment: 399065 Kirkland #2 corr.pdf • I presented nominatio …

… NIH/NIAID) [E] <afauci@niaid.nih.gov>; Lane, Cliff (NIH/NIAID) [E] <clane@niaid.nih.gov>; Mascola, John (NIH/VRC) [E] <jmascola@mail.nih.gov>; Erbelding, Emily (NIH/NIAID) [E] <emily.erbelding@nih.gov>; Wholley, David (FNIH) [T] <dwholley@fnih.org>; Menetski, Joseph (FN …

… call besides Francis Collins and I were the teams from DFC and USAID. Also there was John Mascola and Cliff Lane. • Things continue to heat up regarding the innuendoes about our being responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic because of our grant to EcoHealth. Amazing!!! Al …

… nd so we got on the phone with David Kessler, the people from NIAID including Cliff, John Mascola, Mary Maravich, Carl D., and others. I came up with a solution that everyone liked. That was to do a trial where each arm gets a prime in boost dose of Moderna and then one …

… ctually put in their patent application and have explicitly said that Barney Graham, John Mascola, and Kizzy Corbett are not inventors of the M RNA 1273 patent. This is absolutely outrageous and I have had conversations with Francis Collins, Larry Tabak, and earlier thi …

… ening tonight on the phone multiple times with Jeff and Rochelle and then later with John Mascola. Poor Rochelle! She had been telling all along to Jeff that the acip would go along with what we are doing. Jeff wrote a speech for the president that definitively said wha …

… n this last night and we will arrange an additional call with the Israelis including John Mascola, David Kessler, and others involved in our program. PRESS: The Times of Israel: Health Ministry officials said to update Fauci on COVID booster shot campaign Today, 9:02 pm …

… igators at the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) and the Moderna company . In particular John Mascola , Barney Graham, and Kizzmekia Corbett were heavily involved in the development of the mRNA -1273 vaccine. It was assumed by everyone that there would be a joint patent inv …

… eluding immune protection. I engaged in a bunch of phone calls with Larry Corey and John Mascola and multiple calls with Jeff Zients. I tried repeatedly to contact Rochelle Walenski, but she is not answering texts, emails or telephone calls. However, it turns out that …

… night. Trevor is a computational biologist in Seattle. He discussed some models for John Mascola, Larry Corey, and others by zoom at 8:00 PM last night. He is concerned about the immune evasion capabilities of this virus but admits that it is too early to tell what the …