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Mix of rivalry, synergy creates fairer global health outcomes
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People getting their Covid-19 vaccination jab at Hong Kah North Community Club in March 2021.
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In the global race to develop a Covid-19 vaccine, pharmaceutical giants Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson found themselves up against a relatively unknown competitor.
At the time, biotechnology firm Moderna had never brought a drug to market. Its work had been kept under wraps for years, to the extent that Forbes once described it as "mysterious" and "shrouded in secrecy".
