Moderna To Increase Covid-19 Vaccine Output To 600 Mln Doses

Moderna Inc. announced on Monday that it will increase the base case global production of Covid-19 vaccine from 500 to 600 million doses for 2021.

The Massachusetts-based biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, said in a statement that it continues to invest and add staff to build up to potentially 1 billion doses for 2021.

The Company expects about 100 million doses to be available in the United States by the end of the first quarter of 2021, with 200 million doses total available by the end of the second quarter, according to the statement. Moderna reported that approximately 18 million doses have been supplied to the U.S. Government to date.

The vaccine received Emergency Use Authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on December 18, 2020, and Moderna began supplying to the government shortly thereafter. Additional vaccine doses have also been supplied to the Canadian government following authorization by Health Canada’s Interim Order on December 23, 2020. “Our effectiveness in providing early supply to the U.S. and Canadian governments and our ability to increase baseline production estimates for 2021 are both signals that our scale up of mRNA vaccine production is a success,” said Juan Andres, Chief Technical Operations and Quality Officer at Moderna. “I want to thank the many private and government collaborators, contractors and the hundreds of Moderna staff who have been working thoughtfully and tirelessly to accomplish this,” he added.

Moderna is partnered with Lonza Ltd. for production inside and outside the United States. Fillfinish services are provided by Catalent Inc. in the U.S., and by ROVI and Recipharm outside the US. The US Government has agreed to purchase 200 million doses of the Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine with options for potential purchase of 300 million additional doses. The Canadian Government has agreed to purchase 40 million doses.

 

SOURCE : TIMES KUWAIY

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