Moderna’s cancer-vaccine breakthrough drives broad biopharma stock rally
Reported by MarketWatch · marketwatch.com · August 19, 2026
The biopharmaceutical sector has struggled with a prolonged downturn in recent years but has been on an upswing of late.
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