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Moderna, Merck Cancer Vax Gives Hope

Bloomberg Markets·August 21, 2026·1 min read

An mRNA cancer vaccine developed by Merck & Co. and Moderna Inc. kept melanoma from returning in a large, late-stage trial, marking a critical next chapter for the technology. The news fulfills a decades-long quest to use vaccines to teach the immune system to spot and destroy cancer cells, despite post-pandemic political backlash and years of false starts.

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