Germany's CureVac AG said on Friday its second-generation COVID-19 vaccine produced virus-neutralizing antibodies against the BA.1 subvariant of Omicron, based on preliminary data from an early-stage trial.
CureVac is developing the vaccine with Britain's GSKThe company said the vaccine was shown to be generally well tolerated in the trial. Younger adults showed the presence of neutralizing antibodies beginning at the lowest tested dose, data showed."With this foundation, CureVac will turn the page and enter 2023 as a competitive player in the development of mRNA therapies," Chief Executive Franz-Werner Haas said.
The company also said its flu vaccine, which also uses mRNA technology, successfully boosted antibody levels against flu and was well-tolerated in an early-stage study.
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