How Moderna's CEO expects the next 6 months to go in the race for a coronavirus vaccine

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Today in healthcare news: Moderna's CEO gave us a detailed timeline for the future of its coronavirus vaccine, Verily wants to end its "rivalry" with Google Health, and a COVID-19 vaccine doesn't necessarily mean an instant return to normal.

I'm your host of today's Dispensed Daily, Andrew Dunn, the healthcare team's pharma and biotech reporter.

Moderna's CEO gave a detailed timeline for when we'll know if its coronavirus vaccine works, and cautions that you might not get a shot until the spring

• A potential coronavirus vaccine stepped closer to reality Monday as Moderna dosed the first volunteers in a 30,000-person clinical trial that'll determine if the vaccine can prevent infection or disease.
• In a best-case scenario, Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel told Business Insider we could know if Moderna's vaccine works in October.
• If Moderna's shot works — and if other vaccine front-runners work too — he expects young and healthy people to receive the shots next spring.

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As Verily looks to IPO, CEO Andrew Conrad says an inter-Alphabet 'sibling rivalry' with Google's own health team is hurting both companies

• Despite both living under parent company Alphabet, Verily and Google Health act largely independent of one another.
• But that might be about to change.
• Verily CEO Andrew Conrad told employees he wants to end the 'rivalry' between the two companies, hinting at more collaboration in the future.

Read the full story from Hugh Langley here>>

Even if there's a coronavirus vaccine next year, don't expect to throw away your mask and stop social distancing, a top vaccine developer says

• Getting a coronavirus vaccine won't necessarily mean an instant return to normal, a top vaccine developer told Business Insider.
• "The moment you get a vaccine doesn't mean you're going to put your mask in the trash," said Maria Elena Bottazzi, a vaccine developer at Baylor College of Medicine.
• The first vaccines will probably reduce — but not completely eliminate — the chance of a vaccinated person developing COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

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More stories we're reading:

• The Wife Of A Senior HHS Manager Appeared With Him At An Official Event While Being Paid To Lobby HHS (BuzzFeed News)
• The 21 billion-dollar startups to watch that are revolutionizing healthcare in 2020 (Business Insider)
• Covid-19 vaccines may cause mild side effects, experts say, stressing need for education, not alarm (Stat News)
• Moderna is considering setting 2 prices for a coronavirus vaccine, with a discount during the pandemic (Business Insider)

Somehow, it's just Tuesday. It has already felt like a week's worth of news, but that's nothing new in 2020. Let me know what we should be paying attention to: adunn@businessinsider.com.

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