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Johnson & Johnson to test experimental HIV vaccine in U.S., Europe

FILE PHOTO: The Johnson & Johnson logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the NYSE in New York

(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson <JNJ.N> said on Friday it plans to conduct a late-stage study of its investigational vaccine for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in several countries across the Americas and Europe, including the United States.

The drugmaker already has a mid-stage HIV vaccine study underway in five southern African countries.

There are currently no vaccines for HIV, a virus that weakens the body's immune system.

(Reporting by Manojna Maddipatla in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)