Pfizer, BioNtech say flu-COVID shot generates strong immune response in trial - Reuters

• Companies

• BioNTech AG
• BioNTech SE
• Pfizer Inc

Oct 26 (Reuters) - Pfizer (PFE.N) and German partner BioNTech said on Thursday that their vaccine to prevent flu and COVID-19 generated a strong immune response against strains of the viruses in an early- to mid-stage trial.

The companies said they plan to start a late-stage trial in the coming months.

"This vaccine has the potential to lessen the impact of two respiratory diseases with a single injection and may simplify immunization practices," Annaliesa Anderson, Pfizer's head of vaccine research and development, said in a statement.

In the trial, the vaccine candidates were compared to a licensed influenza vaccine and the companies' updated COVID-19 vaccine given at the same visit.

The data from the trial showed that the flu-COVID vaccine demonstrated robust immune responses to influenza A, influenza B and SARS-CoV-2 strains, the companies said.

(This story has been refiled to fix syntax in the headline)

Reporting by Manas Mishra in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza

Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Acquire Licensing Rights, opens new tab

Adblock test (Why?)

Health - Latest - Google News
October 26, 2023 at 10:52PM
https://ift.tt/7aoXdNe

Pfizer, BioNtech say flu-COVID shot generates strong immune response in trial - Reuters
Health - Latest - Google News
https://ift.tt/crynaf7