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Moderna may take months to ship Omicron-specific vaccine, CEO says
Moderna may take months to ship Omicron-specific vaccine, CEO says
Reuters
Published Nov 30, 2021 12:08 AM PHT
Syringes with needles are seen in front of a displayed Moderna logo in this illustration taken, November 27, 2021. Dado Ruvic, Reuters/Illustration/file
Moderna Inc could take months to begin shipping a COVID-19 vaccine that works specifically against the Omicron variant, its chief executive officer, Stéphane Bancel, told CNBC on Monday.
The Omicron variant carries a very high global risk of surges, the WHO warned on Monday, as more countries reported cases.
Bancel told CNBC in an interview that the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines against the variant was currently not known, and that there should be more clarity in about two weeks.
Moderna said on Friday it was working to advance a booster candidate tailored to the new variant and has also been testing a higher dose of its existing booster and to study other booster candidates designed to protect against multiple variants.
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Separately, rivals Pfizer and BioNTech, and Johnson & Johnson have also said they have begun testing their vaccines against the new variant.
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