Moderna will charge $ 25- $ 37 per dose of its COVID-19 vaccine, the CEO says

Moderna said its experimental vaccine is 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19

Frankfurt:

Moderna will charge governments between $ 25 and $ 37 per dose of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, depending on the amount ordered, CEO Stephane Bancel told German weekly Welt am Sonntag (WamS).

“Our vaccine then costs about the same as a flu shot, which is between $ 10 and $ 50,” he said.

On Monday, an EU official involved in the talks said the European Commission wanted to reach an agreement with Moderna to supply millions of doses of its vaccine candidate for less than $ 25 per dose.

“Nothing has been signed yet, but we are close to an agreement with the European Commission. We want to deliver to Europe and we are in constructive negotiations,” Bancel told WamS, adding that it was only a “matter of days” before a contract Be ready.

Moderna said its experimental vaccine is 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19, based on interim data from an advanced clinical trial, becoming the second developer to report results that far exceeded the expectations after Pfizer and its partner BioNTech.

The EU has been in talks with Moderna for its experimental COVID-19 vaccine since at least July.

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