Sanofi’s Uses Latecomer COVID Data To Highlight Bigger mRNA Strategy
Executive Summary
The French drug maker isn’t moving its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine into Phase III, instead focusing on a GSK-partnered protein SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and applying mRNA technology elsewhere.
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