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16 novembro 2020

Covid vaccine: who is behind the Moderna breakthrough?

Covid vaccine: who is behind the Moderna breakthrough? News that its vaccine candidate – which still has to receive formal approval – is nearly 95% effective sent global stock markets higher and, coming on top of the similar recent announcement from the German/US collaboration BioNTech/Pfizer, injected some much-needed optimism about the possibility of a return to normal life.

The team behind the Moderna vaccine is led by Tal Zaks, Moderna’s chief medical officer and a former head of global oncology at Sanofi, who said: “This is one of the greatest moments of my life and my career.”