Valneva Seeks Covid Vaccine Approval On AstraZeneca Head-To-Head Data Alone
UK Is Pioneering ‘Correlates Of Protection’ Study
Executive Summary
The partnership between Valneva and the UK government could produce the first COVID vaccine approval based on immunogenicity data.
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