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Moderna Announces New Supply Agreement with Colombia for Additional 10.8 Million Doses of Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine
CAMBRIDGE, MA / ACCESSWIRE / February 8, 2022 / Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRNA), a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and
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CAMBRIDGE, MA / ACCESSWIRE / February 8, 2022 / Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRNA), a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, today announced a new supply agreement with the government of Colombia for 10.8 million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine. These doses are in addition to 10 million doses supplied to Colombia in 2021. Under the terms of the agreement, Moderna expects to deliver one million doses in the first quarter of 2022, six million doses in the second quarter of 2022, and 3.8 million doses in the third quarter of 2022."We thank the government of Colombia for their continued collaboration, support, and trust in our COVID-19 vaccine," said Stéphane Bancel, Moderna's Chief Executive Officer. "COVID-19 vaccines continue to be our best tools in helping to end the COVID-19 pandemic."In Latin America, Moderna recently announced a new supply agreement with the government of Chile for two million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 booster vaccine or an updated booster vaccine candidate, if authorized. Under the terms of the agreement, Moderna expects to start delivering doses in February 2022, pending obtaining local emergency use authorization.Authorized UseSPIKEVAX (elasomeran mRNA vaccine) has been granted authorization for emergency use by the Colombian National Institute for Food and Drug Surveillance (Invima) and is indicated for active immunization to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 in individuals 12 years of age and older.About ModernaIn 10 years since its inception, Moderna has transformed from a science research-stage company advancing programs in the field of messenger RNA (mRNA), to an enterprise with a diverse clinical portfolio of vaccines and therapeutics across seven modalities, a broad intellectual property portfolio in areas including mRNA and lipid nanoparticle formulation, and an integrated manufacturing plant that allows for both clinical and commercial production at scale and at unprecedented speed. Moderna maintains alliances with a broad range of domestic and overseas government and commercial collaborators, which has allowed for the pursuit of both groundbreaking science and rapid scaling of manufacturing. Most recently, Moderna's capabilities have come together to allow the authorized use of one of the earliest and most-effective vaccines against the COVID-19 pandem...