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Another Boost For Valneva and Pfizer Lyme Disease Vaccine

 
• By Kevin Grogan

While they wait for the results from their Phase III study, the partners have posted more impressive mid-stage data on what could be the first approved vaccine for a couple of decades to protect against infection from ticks.

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Valneva SE and Pfizer Inc. have consolidated their pole position in the race to get a Lyme disease vaccine to market with fresh data that show the potential benefit of a second booster dose in tackling the tick-borne disease.

The partners have presented more positive data from a Phase II study which show that the immune response to their...

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