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Weekly News Roundup - mRNA Vaccine Milestones, Obesity Drug Manufacturing, and Gene Therapy Regulatory Tensions
March 6, 2026
This week's tHEORetically Speaking News Roundup covers Moderna's progress toward European approval of its combination COVID-19 and flu mRNA vaccine, Novo Nordisk's $501 million investment to expand Wegovy pill production in Ireland, and Moderna's $2.25 billion settlement resolving a major mRNA patent dispute. We also explore the FDA's disagreement with uniQure over clinical trial requirements for its Huntington's gene therapy.



