Madison Area Lyme Support Group

Feb 17 (Reuters) – Drugmaker Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) and France’s Valneva (VLS.PA) will stop testing a Lyme disease vaccine in roughly half of U.S. patients in a late-stage study, the companies said, citing a breach of clinical trial guidelines by a third-party contractor.

The decision could delay the time to approval of a vaccine that Valneva expects could become a blockbuster shot as infections rise globally due to a burgeoning population of ticks, which usually cause Lyme disease.

Valneva has been pinning its hopes on the vaccine candidate, known as VLA15, to counter the impact of disappointing sales for its COVID shot.

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**Comment**

I’ll bet Valneva wants to counter the impact of disappointing sales of its COVID jab….

For more:

• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2022/08/10/pfizer-and-valneva-move-on-to-lyme-vaccine/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2021/03/29/human-trials-begin-for-shot-against-lyme-disease/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2021/12/09/potential-barriers-to-accepting-a-lyme-disease-vaccine/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/08/25/can-a-new-lyme-disease-vaccine-overcome-a-history-of-distrust-and-failure/  Short answer: Hell no
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2019/10/28/researchers-race-to-develop-lyme-disease-vaccine/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2021/12/08/another-mrna-vaccine-this-time-for-lyme-disease/
• https://madisonarealymesupportgroup.com/2020/02/10/the-bitter-feud-over-lymerix/  Excellent history lesson here on the thousands that were maimed from Lymerix that doctors, researchers  and the ‘powers that be’ deny to this day and why they should never be trusted again, ever.