Combo flu and Covid jab may be ready for autumn, says Irish head of vaccine testing firm

'Less dangerous' Omicron variant effectively marking the end of the pandemic, head of Open Orphan Cathal Friel says

Cathal Friel, executive chairman, Open Orphan, and Elaine Sullivan, who joined the board as a non-executive director

Pharma companies are working at full pelt to deliver a combo Covid vaccine and flu jab for next autumn, the executive chairman of one of Ireland’s and Britain’s leading testers of vaccines and antivirals has said.        

Cathal Friel heads up Open Orphan, the Irish-founded €168m stock market-listed firm that conducts human vaccine trials and employs about 100 virology experts in London.