Pfizer and Moderna are every testing flu pictures made with the identical mRNA expertise used with their highly-safe and efficient COVID-19 vaccines, Bloomberg information reported on Wednesday.
The trials will happen over the course of the upcoming flu season and the businesses hope to have the brand new vaccines authorized and out there by late subsequent 12 months or early 2024. Trials happening in a number of international locations will contain greater than 50,000 folks.
The hope is that the mRNA expertise, which permits vaccines to be produced at a sooner tempo, will result in a more practical flu shot.
