Pharmaceutical companies will likely pursue tie-ups with biotech firms post-coronavirus due to their ability to develop novel treatments
Amazon Web Services' cloud capabilities — was previously able to develop a cancer vaccine in just 40 days. And the biotech's rapid development of a cancer vaccine underscores the promise of Moderna's approach to potentially develop a viable coronavirus vaccine — a development government officials have a deal to codevelop a vaccine.
The promise of the recent efforts of Moderna, BioNTech, and CureVac lie in their ability to rapidly develop a vaccine for novel diseases. And with the coronavirus growing into a pandemic, it's vital that a vaccine is developed and rolled out to the masses as expediently as possible. As pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer team up with biotech firms to combat the coronavirus, we think these legacy drugmakers will see biotechs' potential to speed up drug discovery first-hand and increasingly pursue partnerships with these firms once the coronavirus subsides to accelerate their own drug development and limit costs in the process.
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