Dozens of companies and public labs around the world are working to develop a vaccine to prevent the spread of the flu-like virus.
Over the last 48 hours, three biotech companies, in particular, have been thrust into the spotlight for their promise: BioNTech, CureVac and Moderna.
Moderna is a Massachusetts-based biotech company working with the U.S. National Institutes of Health . It kicked off its first trial Monday in Seattle, Washington. BioNTech, meanwhile, is a German biotech company which recently announced two strategic partnerships to advance development of a vaccine. It formed a collaboration with Fosun Pharma to advance efforts in China, and with Pfizer to do the same outside China.
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