Moderna announces trial that combines current anticovid vaccine and another against Ómicron

The American pharmaceutical company Moderna announced that it has started clinical trials with a booster vaccine against COVID-19 which combines its original formula with a specific one in response to the Omicron variant.

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In a statement, the company said it plans to involve some 375 people who had already received two doses of the vaccine and a booster dose in this second phase of the study, which is being carried out in the United States.

These tests are in addition to those that Moderna is doing only with a booster dose that it announced last January.

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“Our goal has been to stay ahead of the virus and we are committed to continuing to generate and share data with public health authorities as they prepare for the fall booster dose season,” CEO Stéphane Bancel noted in the note.

Bancel pointed out that the messenger RNA technology on which the vaccine is based allows changes to be introduced quickly as variants of the virus emerge.

Like Moderna, with a possible booster dose designed to be more effective against Omicron.

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Source: Elcomercio

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