Bird flu snapshot: Upstart manufacturers in low- and middle-income countries to start early vaccine work

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A network of nascent vaccine manufacturers in low- and middle-income countries will soon start preliminary work to develop messenger RNA vaccines targeting the H5N1 bird flu virus, an effort that could speed production during a pandemic, should this virus trigger one.

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