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GSK’s Pivotal Test for mRNA Flu Vaccine Aims to Show Two Targets Are Better Than One

GSK's messenger RNA vaccine for seasonal influenza is designed to prompt an immune response to two proteins on the surface of the virus. That could be an advantage over Moderna's recently approved mRNA flu shot, which addresses just one of those proteins.

GSK’s Pivotal Test for mRNA Flu Vaccine Aims to Show Two Targets Are Better Than One

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GSK's messenger RNA vaccine for seasonal influenza is designed to prompt an immune response to two proteins on the surface of the virus.

That could be an advantage over Moderna's recently approved mRNA flu shot, which addresses just one of those proteins.

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GSK's messenger RNA vaccine for seasonal influenza is designed to prompt an immune response to two proteins on the surface of the virus. That could be an advantage over Moderna's recently approved mRNA flu shot, which addresses just one of those proteins.

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