Shares of Moderna that up to 252.6% since the beginning of the year, increased by 9% before the opening of trading on Wednesday against the backdrop of President Donald Trump signing a major government agreement with the company to supply 100 million doses of its mRNA-1273 vaccine against COVID-19.
According to a Moderna press release on Tuesday, the transaction is worth $ 1.53 billion, the terms also allow the federal government to purchase up to 400 million additional doses.
At the same time, the US government has already invested $ 955 million in the development of the Moderna vaccine, resulting in a total investment of $ 2.48 billion.
Currently, the Moderna vaccine against the deadly disease is in the final phase of the study, testing its effectiveness and safety is conducted on 30,000 volunteers. In case of passing to the planned schedule, according to Moderna, the company can announce the final results of the final study in October.
Earlier, the company announced plans to deliver about 500 million doses of the vaccine this year and possibly up to 1 billion doses per year starting in 2021.
“We appreciate the US government’s trust in our mRNA vaccine platform and the continued support,” Moderna CEO, Stefan Bansel said in a press release.
Commenting on a recent quarterly report by Moderna, Bansel said the company will set the price of the vaccine “significantly lower cost” during a pandemic and will evaluate its market value as soon as the virus will take control.
Shares of Pfizer and BioNTech fell 1.74% and 2% (respectively) on Thursday amid news that companies will deliver half of their planned number of vaccines against COVID-19 in 2020. On November 20, Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech applied to the FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) for permission to use their vaccine in an […]
The mRNA-1273 vaccine from the American company Moderna will be tested on three thousand children in six US states. CNN reported this on Wednesday, December 2. “Moderna has started inviting children over the age of 12 to try the vaccine” the statement said. It is noted that the study will involve volunteers aged 12-18 from […]
Following the third phase of trials of its COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine, Moderna said the drug was generally well tolerated and no serious health problems were identified. According to the company, the effectiveness of its vaccine reaches 94.1%, and 100% for preventing severe coronavirus cases. Previously, the manufacturer estimated the effectiveness of its drug at 94.5%. […]
Trading on Asia’s largest stock exchange on Asia on Tuesday opened another rise amid the continuing strengthening of indices in New York. This is evidenced by the data of stock trading on the website of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Nikkei index, which reflects fluctuations in the stock prices of 225 leading companies in the […]
The vaccine, developed by biotechnology company Moderna, is effective in 94.5% of cases. This result was shown by the intermediate results of the third phase of clinical trials, the company said. On this news, Moderna shares went up. In the pre-market, the company’s quoting rose by more than 18%, rising above $ 105 per share. […]
Reuters reported, In Switzerland, the procedure of accelerated testing of Moderna vaccine has started. This will allow to approve the drug if it passes all clinical trials. “Swissmedic can get an initial idea of the benefits and risks of vaccine candidates before the study is completed. This speeds up the review process and at the […]
Next year, only a small proportion of people in the European Union will be able to get the coronavirus vaccine. Officials in European countries have not yet decided on the vaccination of citizens. This was announced by Reuters on Tuesday, October 27. “By the end of 2021, there will not be enough doses of the […]
The United States plans to announce the readiness of the American vaccine against the coronavirus infection COVID-19 in the near future. The promise was made on Thursday by US President Donald Trump during the final round of election debates with the Democratic candidate Joe Biden at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. This was reported by […]
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Russia’s gas monopoly Gazprom has not booked capacity at annual auctions through Poland and Ukraine. It is noted that the auctions were held on the booking platforms GSA Platform and Regional Booking Platform. The operator of the gas transmission system of Ukraine exhibited additional “solid” capacities of 9.8 million cubic meters m per day for […]
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