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.
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.
The new partners have their sights set on a broad range of potential vaccine and therapeutic targets, with AstraZeneca seeing...
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