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    Sanofi quietly pulls the plug on its Zika vaccine project

    Vaccine giant Sanofi Pasteur has pulled the plug on its Zika vaccine project, a move that underscores the difficulty of the effort.
    by Helen Branswell Sep 02, 2017 3 minutes

    Vaccine giant Sanofi Pasteur has quietly pulled the plug on its Zika vaccine project, a move that underscores how difficult it may be at this stage to develop a vaccine against the virus.

    The company announced the move in posted on its website at 3 p.m. Friday, pointing to a decision by a federal funding body to scale back spending on Zika-related research. Sanofi said BARDA — the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, an arm of the Department of Health and Human Services — informed the company

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