Covid-19 roundup: Mod­er­na adds vac­cine ex­perts as PhI­II tri­al looms; Feng Zhang group snags in­stant OK on CRISPR-based test

Mod­er­na has ex­pand­ed its top ex­ec­u­tive team as it con­firms its time­line on a hec­tic race to the fin­ish line for one of the lead­ing vac­cines now in the clin­ic for Covid-19. And CEO Stéphane Ban­cel raid­ed some promi­nent bio­phar­mas for more vac­cine tal­ent — both in com­mer­cial as well as de­vel­op­ment ops — even as he starts a hunt for a new CFO as Lorence Kim hits the ex­it af­ter 6 years with the Boston-based up­start.

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