Moderna to charge US$25-US$37 for COVID-19 vaccine
23 November, 2020
Moderna will charge governments between US$25 and US$37 per dose of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, according to the sum ordered, LEADER Stephane Bancel told German weekly Welt am Sonntag (WamS).
"Our vaccine therefore costs a comparable as a flu shot, which is between US$10 and US$50," he was quoted as saying.
On Monday (Nov 16), an EU official involved in the talks said the European Commission wished to reach a cope with Moderna for the way to obtain an incredible number of doses of its vaccine candidate for a cost below US$25 per dose.
"Nothing is signed yet, but we're close to a manage the EU Commission. You want to deliver to Europe and so are in constructive talks," Bancel advised WamS, adding it was just a "matter of days" until a deal would be ready.
Moderna has said its experimental vaccine is 94.5 % effective in preventing COVID-19, predicated on interim info from a late-stage scientific trial, becoming the second developer to report results that far exceeded expectations after Pfizer and its partner BioNTech.
The EU has been in talks with Moderna because of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine at least since July.
Source: www.channelnewsasia.com
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