Influenza

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Novavax’s shared jumped 12% in pre-market trading on the news.
The companies’ late-stage stumble could allow Moderna to widen its lead, with its mRNA-based combination vaccine eliciting superior immune responses against COVID-19 and three influenza strains.
As part of a major reorganization, Vir Biotechnology has discontinued the bulk of its virology work and pivoted to cancer in an exclusive licensing deal with Sanofi.
Moderna’s combination vaccine candidate for COVID-19 and influenza outperformed licensed vaccines in older adults, according to late-stage results reported on Monday.
Moderna has entered into a development and commercialization funding agreement with asset management firm Blackstone Life Sciences to help advance its pipeline of flu vaccine candidates.
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