Moderna (Nasdaq: MRNA) Announces Shipment of 100 Millionth Dose of its COVID-19 Vaccine to the U.S. Government

Summary: Moderna, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRNA)….a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, today announced that the Company has shipped the 100-millionth dose of its COVID-19 vaccine to the U.S. Government. More than 67 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine have been administered in the U.S., “I would like to thank the millions of people who have put their confidence in Moderna’s science and our COVID-19 vaccine. We are encouraged by the fact that more than 67 million doses have been administered in the U.S. and we are humbled to know that we are helping address this worldwide pandemic with our vaccine,” said Stéphane Bancel, Chief Executive Officer of Moderna. Moderna has increased its shipments to the U.S. government five-fold since receiving Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to 88 million doses to date for the first quarter of 2021. The Company expects to meet its commitment dates to the U.S. Government for all currently ordered doses of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, including delivery of the second 100 million doses by the end of May 2021 and the third 100 million doses by the end of July 2021. The Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine is an mRNA vaccine against COVID-19 encoding for a prefusion stabilized form of the Spike (S) protein, which was co-developed by Moderna and investigators from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) Vaccine Research Center. In 10 years since its inception, Moderna has transformed from a science research-stage company advancing programs in the field of messenger RNA ,to an enterprise with a diverse clinical portfolio of vaccines and therapeutics across six modalities, a broad intellectual property portfolio in areas including mRNA and lipid nanoparticle formulation, and an integrated manufacturing plant that allows for both clinical and commercial production at scale and at unprecedented speed. To learn more, visit www.modernatx.com Read the full press release: https://greenstocknews.com/news/nasdaq/mrna/moderna-announces-shipment-of-100-millionth-dose-of-its-covid-19-vaccine-to-the-u-s-government   Green Stock News is a 21st-century broadcast media company that enhances corporate access for public companies through the distribution of news, interviews, and original content across the web and through social media. Subscribe to our channel for Daily Green Stock News. Green Stock News for the New Green Economy. Https://www.greenstocknews.com