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Moderna Sees CMV, EBV Vaccines as “Significant Assets”: Medical Affairs Chief
Moderna has vowed to cut R&D costs by US$1.1 billion by 2027, but vaccines targeting major latent viruses cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) remain key assets that would not be deprioritized, Chief Medical Affairs Officer Francesca Ceddia tells Jiho.…
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