AstraZeneca Moves Into Self-Amplifying RNA With VaxEquity Deal

Sees Potential Beyond Vaccines

VaxEquity’s founder dropped out of the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine last year – but it and new partner AstraZeneca see potential not just in vaccines, but therapeutics too.

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The partners hope VaxEquity's self-ampliftying RNA technology can serve as the basis of therapies as well as vaccines.

AstraZeneca is moving into the field of self-amplifying RNA via a deal with VaxEquity, with the goal of developing a next generation vaccines and therapeutics platform more potent than the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines.

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