Pfizer is making a significant push to leverage mRNA know-how, on which its Covid-19 vaccine is predicated, to develop new vaccines and coverings.
The drug big stated Monday it can pay Beam Therapeutics, a Cambridge, Mass., startup based by Harvard researcher David Liu, $300 million to spend 4 years growing remedies for 3 undisclosed uncommon genetic illnesses affecting the liver, the muscle tissue, and the central nervous system.
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