Moderna faces long-term threat from NIH's universal vaccine initiative, Jefferies says

  • Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA, ETR:0QF) could face a longer-term threat from a newly announced US government initiative to develop universal vaccines for pandemic-prone viruses, analysts at Jefferies said on Friday. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) unveiled plans this week to build a next-generation vaccine platform aimed at creating broad-spectrum, long-lasting protection against viruses like avian flu and coronaviruses.