Pfizer Joins Influenza Vaccine Race, Kick Starts Early-Stage Trial

Pfizer Inc PFE has dosed the first participants in Phase 1 clinical trial to evaluate a single dose quadrivalent mRNA vaccine against influenza in healthy adults.
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Pfizer's mRNA influenza vaccine program is the first in a planned wave of programs leveraging mRNA technology for influenza.
Beyond influenza, the Company plans to explore mRNA in other respiratory viruses.
The Phase 1 randomized study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of a single dose of an influenza mRNA vaccine in healthy adults 65-85 years of age, with an FDA-approved standard quadrivalent influenza vaccine as a control.
In 2018, Pfizer collaborated with BioNTech SE BNTX, under which Pfizer will carry out the clinical development and commercialization of mRNA-based influenza vaccines.
Upon potential approval and commercialization, BioNTech would receive a royalty on Pfizer's sales.
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