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Moderna continues to rise to meet the demands of the pandemic, signing a new deal with the US Government to supply 100 million doses of its messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine candidate for the prevention of COVID-19. billion in total to the research and delivery of the vaccine candidate under its Operation Warp Speed.
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We believe that our investments in mRNA delivery technology and manufacturing process development will allow us to store and ship our COVID-19 vaccine candidate at temperatures commonly found in readily available pharmaceutical freezers and refrigerators,” said Juan Andres, Chief Technical Operations and Quality Officer at Moderna. “We
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(Nasdaq: MRNA), a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines to create a new generation of transformative medicines for patients, today confirmed that the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan (MHLW) and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., About Moderna.
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