A can­cer vac­cine that might work? Mod­er­na posts 'promis­ing' ear­ly snap­shot for Mer­ck-part­nered pro­gram and raids Bris­tol My­ers for a new can­cer R&D chief

Re­mem­ber that per­son­al­ized can­cer vac­cine Mod­er­na was de­vel­op­ing?

As the world awaits da­ta from its late-stage Covid-19 can­di­date, the mR­NA play­er is in­ter­rupt­ing its most in­ten­sive­ly watched pro­gram with an up­beat ear­ly snap­shot of da­ta from its mes­sen­ger RNA can­cer vac­cine mR­NA-4157. And the Mod­er­na team is us­ing the oc­ca­sion to in­tro­duce a new chief for their on­col­o­gy unit, raid­ed from Bris­tol My­ers Squibb’s can­cer group.

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