President Putin revealed good news about Russia's cancer vaccine

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the country's scientists are close to creating a cancer vaccine and can soon provide it to patients.

Mr. Putin said on February 14 in a speech at a forum in Moscow on future technologies that: ' we are very close to creating a cancer vaccine and next-generation immunomodulators. new ".

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on February 14. (Photo: Reuters).

'I hope that they will soon be used effectively as individual therapies ,' he added.

The Russian leader did not reveal which type of cancer this vaccine will target and how.

There are several countries and companies currently working on cancer vaccines. Last year, the UK Government signed an agreement with BioNTech (based in Germany) to launch clinical trials providing "personalized cancer treatments", aiming to reach 10,000 patients by year 2030.

Pharmaceutical companies Moderna and Merck & Co are developing an experimental cancer vaccine that mid-stage studies showed halved the risk of recurrence or death from melanoma - The most dangerous type of skin cancer - after three years of treatment.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are currently six licensed vaccines against the HPV papilloma virus that causes many cancers, including cervical cancer, as well as a vaccine against hepatitis B (HBV), which can lead to liver cancer.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia developed the Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus and sold it to many countries. President Putin said he has been vaccinated with the Sputnik V vaccine.