CureVac Takes Another Shot At mRNA Vaccines, Expands Cancer Work

Wants To Compete With Neighbors BioNTech

Its first COVID-19 vaccine failed last year, but fueled by payments from the EU, Germany and GSK, CureVac is trying again with two further versions of its mRNA platform.

TUEBINGEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 21: (BILD ZEITUNG OUT) the Logo of Curevac is seen on a sign in front of the CUREVAC building on November 21, 2020 in Tuebingen, Germany.
CureVac is developing a multivalent flu vaccine and a bivalent COVID-19 candidate with GSK. • Source: Harry Langer/DeFodi Images via Getty Images (DeFodi Images/Getty Images)

CureVac is currently Germany’s other less successful mRNA vaccines company compared with BioNTech, but hopes to change that with a second and third attempt at the technology.

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