Quote Biotech & medicine· Oct 26, 2026

A decade of mRNA work proves cancer vaccines can succeed

“We’ve been working on intismeran for 10 years. Most people in the field thought this was never going to work, and many people had tried cancer vaccines before. But we were convinced, so it has been really special to be able to see all this work by so many people coming together to help patients.”

at the ESMO annual meeting in Madrid

Stéphane BancelModerna · CEO

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