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Merck Scraps COVID Vaccines, Says It’s More Effective to Get the Virus

Summary by Cindy Olmstead
  • January 27, 2021

In a surprising move, Merck has canceled its COVID-19 vaccine trials and is switching to finding a treatment for the virus. The company said their vaccine candidates did so poorly that it would be better to simply get the virus through natural infection. Their therapeutic drug candidates, however, are faring better they said. “Interim results from a Phase 3 study showed a greater than 50 percent reduction in the risk of death or respiratory failure in patients hospitalized with moderate...