Moderna Targeting Fall Release for Omicron Variant-Specific COVID-19 Boosters

Moderna Targeting Fall Release for Omicron Variant-Specific COVID-19 Boosters
A vial labelled "Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine" is seen in this illustration taken on Jan. 16, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Reuters/Illustration
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A top executive at vaccine maker Moderna said that an Omicron- and subvariant-specific COVID-19 vaccine booster will be potentially released by the company in the fall.

“We announced a couple weeks ago a new, variant-specific booster that we’ve been testing, and we have an additional candidate, our lead candidate, in testing now that I believe is going to be even more superior,” Moderna Chief Medical Officer Paul Burton told CBS on Sunday.
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