Moderna Amends its Agreement with UK Government for an Additional 2M Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine
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- Moderna amended its current supply agreement with the UK govt. for an additional 2M doses of mRNA-1273 against COVID-19. The UK govt. has now secured 7M doses of mRNA-1273
- The agreement reflects Moderna’s commitment to making its vaccine available in multiple countries. Moderna ramp up its global manufacturing to be able to deliver ~500M doses/yr & possibly ~1B doses/yr- beginning in 2021
- The company is working with its strategic manufacturing partners- Lonza of Switzerland and ROVI of Spain- for manufacturing and fill-finish outside the US. Additionally- Moderna reported that the vaccine showed 94.5% efficacy
Ref: Businesswire | Image: Moderna
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