Moderna Takes The Lead With Plan To Tackle New COVID-19 Variants

New Tweaked Booster To Enter Phase I Study

Moderna has unveiled plans to develop a new booster vaccine, tweaked to meet the threat posed by the South African strain.

Moderna aims to produce up to 1 billion doses of its existing vaccine in 2021 - but a new booster to target variants will also enter Phase I trials.

Moderna, one of the companies behind the ground-breaking mRNA vaccines against COVID-19, has produced proof that its product still works against new variants of the virus, but has plans in place to meet the threat of other variants.

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