US biotech company Moderna on Tuesday announced positive interim trial results for its vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in adults over the age of 60.
PARIS, France- US biotech company Moderna on Tuesday announced positive interim trial results for its vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus in adults over the age of 60.
Moderna’s vaccine was found to be nearly 84 percent effective against RSV-linked diseases in Phase III trials — the final stage of human testing — the firm said in a statement. The company is also testing the vaccine for use in children, but those trials are still at the first phase.In high-income countries, RSV caused 5.2 million cases of severe disease among adults over 60 in 2019, Moderna said.He said that the number of doses required for Moderna’s vaccine was yet to determined.
Also in November, the European Union approved a preventative treatment which works similarly to a vaccine made by AstraZeneca and Sanofi which has been shown to prevent severe illness from RSV in infants.
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