MW CureVac stock drops more than 50% on news trial COVID vaccine 47% effective
Claudia Assis
Shares of Curevac NV tanked more than 50% in the extended session Wednesday after the pharma company said its trial COVID-19 vaccine showed an efficacy of 47% against the illness.
Curevac's $(CVAC)$ messenger RNA-based vaccine would compete with similar vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech as well as Moderna, which have shown efficacy above 90% and have already been distributed to millions of people across the globe.
-Claudia Assis; 415-439-6400; AskNewswires@dowjones.com
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June 16, 2021 17:11 ET (21:11 GMT)
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