Moderna CEO says its mRNA vaccine could potentially offer protection for a ‘couple of years
The duration of protection that Covid-19 shots offer remains an important and lingering question for scientists and regulators.
Feb 24, 2021 11:48:49 IST
Moderna s Covid-19 vaccine candidate mRNA-1273, currently in Phase 3 trials in multiple countries, could potentially offer months of protection from serious coronavirus infection, according to the company s CEO Stephane Bancel. Speaking at a virtual event by financial service group Oddo BHF, Bancel said that the once-believed nightmare scenario that the vaccine wouldn t work is no longer true. We believe there will be protection, potentially for a couple of years, he said. The antibody decay generated by the vaccine in humans goes down very slowly, he said, according to a