Sanofi Halts Zika Vaccine Research But Other Candidate Vaccines Move Forward In Development

CNN: Sanofi stops work on Zika vaccine while others forge forward
“French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi SA paused development of a Zika virus vaccine candidate in response to funding cuts by the U.S. government, the company said in a statement on its website last week. … ‘Right now, there’s no indication that Sanofi is anything other than just sort of an individual situation that doesn’t necessarily impact other companies,’ [NIAID Director Anthony] Fauci said. His institute is working on a number of vaccine candidates based on several approaches…” (Scutti, 9/7).

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