Can Sanofi And GSK Catch Up In mRNA Vaccines?

Pfizer And Moderna Have Head Start

GSK and Sanofi have little chance of making a big impact in COVID-19 vaccines, but hope to establish themselves in the technology in key markets such as flu.

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GSK was the world's biggest vaccine company before SARS-CoV2, but the dazzling success of BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna's vaccines have changed the landscape forever.

Before SARS-CoV2 struck, GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi were the world’s two biggest vaccine manufacturers, thanks to their presence across multiple infectious diseases including flu, but the astonishing success of BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna’s messenger RNA (mRNA)-based COVID-19 jabs has upended that old order.

Pfizer/BioNTech expect to supply up to 3 billion doses of their COVID-19 vaccine in 2021, and Moderna close to 1...

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