The Readout Loud

419: Assessing Merck and Moderna's mRNA cancer vaccine

The Readout Loud

Show Notes

What is Adam doing in Spain? How did doctors react to detailed data on Merck and Moderna's mRNA cancer vaccine? And what are the next big advances in oncology?

On this week's episode of “The Readout LOUD,” STAT's biotech podcast, we bring on our colleague Andrew Joseph to discuss the latest cancer data presented at the annual meeting of the European Society for Medical Oncology. We also make an announcement about the podcast.

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