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Vaccine manufacturers at the BIO international conference in San Diego this week acknowledged a series of once-unthinkable policy shifts under Health Secretary Robert F.
— including the cancellation of major mRNA vaccine contracts, the dismantling of universal vaccine recommendations, and cuts to government research funding — yet some told STAT they feel more optimistic than they did a year ago.
What Kennedy Has Changed Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines who now serves as health secretary, has overseen disruptions that industry participants describe as unprecedented in recent memory.
The cancellation of major mRNA vaccine contracts is the most concrete: those agreements had anchored near-term revenue for manufacturers, and their removal leaves a gap that private demand is unlikely to fill on the same timeline.
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