IAVI and Merck Collaborate to Develop Vaccine Against SARS-CoV-2

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KENILWORTH, N.J. & NEW YORK

New Collaboration to Leverage Complementary Expertise and Capabilities with rVSV Technology to Advance Novel Vaccine Candidate

KENILWORTH, N.J. & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and IAVI, a nonprofit scientific research organization dedicated to addressing urgent, unmet global health challenges, today announced a new collaboration to develop an investigational vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 to be used for the prevention of COVID-19.

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Merck Media:
Patrick Ryan
+1 (201) 452-2409

Imraan Munshi
+1 (267) 884-1358

Merck Investors:
Peter Dannenbaum
+1 (908) 740-1037

Michael DeCarbo
+1 (908) 740-1807

IAVI Media:
Karie Youngdahl
+1 (212) 847-1051
[email protected]

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