Moderna expands COVID-19 vaccine supply agreement with U.K.

By The Science Advisory Board staff writers

November 30, 2020 -- Moderna has announced a supply agreement with the U.K. government for an additional 2 million doses of messenger RNA (mRNA)-1273, the company's COVID-19 vaccine, beginning in March 2021.

The U.K. government has now secured 7 million doses of Moderna's vaccine. Moderna is scaling up its global manufacturing to be able to deliver approximately 500 million doses per year and possibly up to 1 billion doses per year beginning in 2021. The firm is working with Lonza of Switzerland and ROVI of Spain for manufacturing and fill-finish processing outside the U.S.

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