GSK Shoulder-To-Shoulder With CureVac Over COVID-19 Vaccine U-Turn

Focus On Second-Generation After EMA Filing Withdrawal

The UK major is delighted with the German biotech's decision to throw in the regulatory towel with CVnCoV and concentrate on the firms' collaboration to development a second-generation COVID-19 vaccine. However, GSK is insisting that the partners look at both modified as well as unmodified mRNA approaches, a significant change of strategy for CureVac.

Uturn
Curevac switches its stance on mRNA approach • Source: Alamy

While investors in CureVac NV reacted badly to the not-so-surprising news that it has pulled an application to the European Medicines Agency for approval of its first mRNA-based coronavirus vaccine, partner GlaxoSmithKline plc has applauded the decision to focus on a second-generation jab it is developing with the German biotech.

CureVac has withdrawn from a rolling review its first-generation COVID-19 vaccine candidate, CVnCoV, which showed only modest efficacy in a...

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