10 Biotech Companies Leading the COVID-19 Vaccine Race — Lifestyle UG

Biotech giant Pfizer announced a partnership with German company BioNtech to develop a COVID-19 vaccine.

Whilst several clinical trials are underway and more than 20 vaccines for COVID-19 are in development in China, US and Europe, no COVID-19 therapeutics or vaccines are currently licensed, the following article includes the 10 biotech companies that lead the COVID-19 vaccine race.

1. Pfizer Inc.

New York-based biotech giant Pfizer announced a partnership with German company BioNtech to develop a COVID-19 vaccine focused on messenger RNA (also called mRNA).

The two companies previously worked together on a flu vaccine in 2018.

This vaccine candidate is called BNT-162 and it’s set to start clinical testing any day now.

2. Moderna Therapeutics

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Originally published at https://lifestyleug.com on April 30, 2020.