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Pfizer and BioNTech to develop mRNA flu vaccines

by Ryan Cross
August 17, 2018 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 96, Issue 33

 

Another big drug firm is joining the mRNA therapy field. Pfizer is paying Bio­NTech $120 million to develop mRNA flu vaccines and offering up to $305 million more in potential milestone payments. Moderna Therapeutics has already tested its own mRNA flu vaccine in a Phase I study. mRNA vaccines have also found an audience with nonprofit groups interested in making vaccines more cheaply and quickly during future pandemics.

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