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Moderna Spotlights Lung Delivery As One Of Its mRNA 'Dreams'

Program With Vertex Highlighted At Science And Technology Day

 
• By Alaric DeArment

The company’s emphasis on artificial intelligence has played a leading role in development of lipid nanoparticles enabling delivery of mRNA to lung tissue under a partnership with Vertex.

Moderna's Science and Technology Day took place on 17 May • Source: Shutterstock

Moderna, Inc.'s use of the massive financial windfall from its Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine to reinvest in its pipeline is allowing the company to cement its leadership in messenger RNA (mRNA)-based drugs and vaccines, and the firm is highlighting delivery to the lung as one of the scientific breakthroughs keeping it at the forefront of the industry. 

The company had its fifth annual Science and Technology Day on 17 May, highlighting its efforts to expand the utility of its mRNA platform, particularly by developing new lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) for encapsulating and delivering mRNA in therapeutic areas like inhaled drugs for pulmonary diseases

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