Tag: vaccine
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CureVac’s COVID-19 shot just failed in a large trial, a major setback for the Gates-backed biotech
An employee of German biopharmaceutical firm CureVac. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert CureVac's experimental COVID-19 vaccine failed in a critical clinical studythat the biotech said Wednesday. It's the first late-stage study to flop, with CureVac's medication demonstrating 47% effectiveness. The German biotech saw its stock price fall by over 50 percent in post-market trading. See more information on…
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Gavin Newsom feared a vaccine nightmare. So he outsourced California’s rollout.
OAKLAND — California’s vaccination rollout was sputtering this year when Gov. Gavin Newsom adopted a remedy favored by Republicans: outsourcing. Barely a month after the initial doses came, the Democrat — who wrote a book on administration innovation, and it has bemoaned California’s obsolete technology — filmed a no-bid deal with insurance giant Blue Shield…
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A ‘Zero-Sum Game’: Is the World Defeating Itself in the Covid Olympics?
Michael Piontek believes his native Germany is putting too much money on one vaccine. The reason is Donald Trump. In June, Germany paid a whopping sum for a large stake in German drugmaker CureVac, which was developing a Covid-19 vaccine. Piontek was shocked. “Why CureVac?” he thought. The company’s vaccine is based on promising but…