Moderna says that a new version of their COVID-19 vaccine appears to provide stronger, longer-lasting protection against variants of the virus than the original vaccine.
that a new version of the company's COVID-19 vaccine appears to provide stronger, longer-lasting protection against variants of the virus than the original vaccine.testing a vaccine that targets both the original strain of the virus and the beta variant — a so-called"bivalent" vaccine — appears to produce high levels of antibodies for months that can neutralize the virus.
"We believe that these results validate our bivalent strategy," said Stéphane Bancel, Moderna's chief executive officer, in a news release. Bancel added that another bivalent vaccine that combines the original strain with the omicron strain"remains our lead candidate" for a fall vaccination campaign aimed at protecting people against a winter surge. Results from the testing of that version are expect later this spring, according to Moderna.
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