Roche joins Moderna to include antibody test in vaccine trial


ZURICH: Roche is partnering with Moderna to include a Covid-19 antibody test in the mRNA specialist’s ongoing vaccine trials, the Swiss drugmaker said, potentially demonstrating if the vaccine is working.

Roche said the test, which received US Food and Drug Administration emergency use approval in November, could provide quantitative evidence of the presence and levels of antibodies that develop in response to Moderna’s vaccine candidate.

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