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GSK, Medicago Enter COVID-19 Vax Tie-up

Combines plant-based and adjuvant technologies to develop and produce a COVID-19 candidate vaccine.

By: Contract Pharma

Contract Pharma Staff

GSK and Medicago have formed a collaboration to develop and evaluate a COVID-19 candidate vaccine combining Medicago’s recombinant Coronavirus Virus-Like Particles (CoVLP) with GSK’s pandemic adjuvant system. CoVLPs mimic the structure of the virus responsible for COVID-19 disease, allowing them to be recognised by the immune system. Use of an adjuvant can be of particular importance in a pandemic situation as it may boost the immune response and reduce the amount of antigen required per dose, a...

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