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How two companies sprinted ahead in the extraordinary race for a COVID vaccine – Sydney Morning Herald
Just as the novel coronavirus was gaining a foothold in the United States in mid-March, Pfizer chief Albert Bourla called on his top vaccine scientists and laid…
What followed was a full-bore effort carried out under strict coronavirus lockdown conditions, . On November 9, Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech SE reported the first promising results from large-scale, scientifically rigorous clinical trials around the world followed by US biotech Moderna announcing its own successful trial – although potential roadblocks remain and widespread distribution is not expected until at least April.
Both companies have reported preliminary findings of more than…
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