Inovio Confirms Frontrunner Status In COVID-19 Vaccine Race, But Can It Prove Skeptics Wrong?

Interview: CEO Says He Welcomes Scrutiny, Competition

Its ‘virus chasing’ habits has given Inovio a bad reputation. But with backing from CEPI and Bill Gates, it has a chance to prove the doubters wrong.

Peter Kim
Inovio's CEO Peter Kim • Source: Inovio

Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. has gained a poor reputation with many biotech investors, being seen as a company which in recent years has pledged to develop vaccines against a string of novel virus outbreaks – MERS, Zika and Ebola – but failed to deliver on its promises.

But now the company is a front runner in the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, and has just entered...

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