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Updated · Investor's Business Daily · Aug 21
Moderna Surges 177% to 3-Year High on Positive Cancer Vaccine Test Results
Updated
Updated · Investor's Business Daily · Aug 21

Moderna Surges 177% to 3-Year High on Positive Cancer Vaccine Test Results

3 articles · Updated · Investor's Business Daily · Aug 21

Summary

  • Moderna shares jumped 177% on Wednesday, sending the stock to a three-year high after the company reported positive results for a cancer vaccine targeting certain tumor types.
  • The test data showed patients went longer before relapse, giving investors fresh evidence that Moderna’s mRNA platform may have commercial potential beyond its COVID business.
  • That rally builds on this week’s late-stage melanoma trial success for Intismeran with Merck’s Keytruda, where the Phase 3 INTerpath-001 study enrolled 1,137 patients.
  • The surge also fed a broader market narrative that AI-driven investor money could rotate away from memory and data-center names toward companies applying generative AI in drug development.

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