Moderna’s mRNA cancer vaccine improves survival in phase IIb melanoma study—first observation of efficacy in an RCT

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A personalized mRNA cancer vaccine sponsored by Moderna and Merck has the potential to change the standard of care for melanoma patients—and reshape the landscape of cancer vaccines—if the company’s latest data on the vaccine are validated in a phase III clinical trial.

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Matthew Bin Han Ong
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