Racing to Update the Vaccines For Variants

Prognosis: Breakthrough

• Episode: Racing to Update the Vaccines For Variants
• Website: Prognosis: Breakthrough
• Feed URL: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/BLM8995439705
• Duration: 00:14:50
• Published: 2021-02-10 22:16

Just two months ago, the incredible performance of new vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer had people cheering for an imminent end to the pandemic. But an onslaught of fast-spreading and potentially dangerous mutations of the virus changed that. So now, even as pharma companies ramp up production in the early stages of a massive rollout, they are racing to retool their vaccine strategies. Robert Langreth reports that booster shots could give drugmakers a lucrative new revenue stream.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com