Moderna's Valera Takes mRNA Approach To Combat Zika

07 Sep 2016

• By Donna Young

With new funding in hand, Moderna and its infectious disease venture Valera are going full-speed ahead with a Zika vaccine, taking an mRNA approach, which they said could be a more rapid strategy to try to stop the disease.

Even though it's somewhat behind others in chasing a vaccine to combat Zika, Moderna Therapeutics LLC is hoping its messenger RNA (mRNA) platform will take its investigational product down a speedier path to protecting against the virus.

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