{
  "id": 16220139,
  "title": "STAT+: Highly anticipated Moderna-Merck melanoma cancer vaccine data arrived early",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/stat-highly-anticipated-moderna-merck-melanoma-cancer-vaccine-data",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-23T19:19:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "STAT News",
    "slug": "stat-news",
    "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/23/moderna-merck-melanoma-cancer-vaccine-data-arrived-early-esmo/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The European Society for Medical Oncology conference kicked off in Madrid with an unexpected twist as the most anticipated data leaked before it was officially presented. The focus was on the highly awaited Moderna-Merck melanoma cancer vaccine data, which arrived earlier than expected. This development caught reporters off guard, disrupting their meticulously planned coverage of the conference.",
  "summary": "In data released at ESMO, the Moderna-Merck personalized mRNA cancer vaccine reduced recurrence-free survival and the time until distant metastasis occurred.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}