Progress In Pharma’s Slow Battle Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus

AZ and Sanofi’s Antibody Success Against The Often Deadly Infection

Pfizer is up against AstraZeneca and Sanofi in developing competing approaches to tackling the unmet need in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). But earlier failures mean all players will need much more data to sway regulators.

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Respiratory synctial virus (RSV) is one of the biggest causes of hospitalization and death in infants worldwide.

The world’s focus on finding a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, and the rapid progress already seen is throwing into sharp relief the slow, setback-strewn story of another often deadly infection: respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

RSV is familiar to new parents: 90% of infants are infected with the virus within the first two years of...

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