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1 79.jpg?resize=1200,630 - US Government Announced $1.5 Billion Deal With Moderna For 100 Million Doses Of Its Covid-19 Vaccine

US Government Announced $1.5 Billion Deal With Moderna For 100 Million Doses Of Its Covid-19 Vaccine

In a news release from the US Health and Human Services Department, the Trump administration strikes a deal with Moderna Inc.

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to manufacture and deliver 100 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine once it is approved.

Moderna is one of several companies manufacturing the vaccine “at risk,” which means that the company is currently making the vaccine before it is approved. Clinical trials are currently ongoing to test whether it’s effective and safe.

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In this deal that is worth $1.point 137 | 525 billion for 100 million doses, the doses would be owned by the US government and would be distributed and used as part of its Covid-19 vaccine campaign.point 268 |

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If the doses are used, they would be provided to Americans for free.point 56 | HHS added that the government can also acquire up to an additional 400 million doses of this vaccine.point 140 | point 140 | 1

Moderna’s advanced-stage clinical trial, which started July 27, is the first government-funded Phase 3 clinical trial for a Covid-19 vaccine in the country.

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The Covid-19 vaccine or mRNA-1273 was developed by Moderna in collaboration with the US government.point 200 |  It had development help from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, and the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, known as BARDA, supported late-stage clinical trials and has helped scale-up manufacturing.point 414 |

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According to the World Health Organization, there are 28 Covid-19 vaccines in human trials.

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This contract is a part of the US government’s Operation Warp Speed, the federal push to get vaccines and therapeutics to market as soon as safely possible. HHS said the goal is to get effective vaccines to the Americans by the end of the year.

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“In creating a vaccine portfolio for Operation Warp Speed, the Trump Administration is increasing the likelihood that the United States will have at least one safe, effective vaccine by 2021,” HHS Secretary Alex Azar said.point 303 |

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“Today’s investment represents the next step in supporting this vaccine candidate all the way from early development by Moderna and the National Institutes of Health, through clinical trials, and now large-scale manufacturing, with the potential to bring hundreds of millions of safe and effective doses to the American people.point 291 |

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The government has also reached a deal with Pfizer in July to produce 100 million doses of its vaccine.point 227 |

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In August it reached a similar deal for 100 million doses with Janssen, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine arm, for its vaccine candidate.point 115 | It has other deals with GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi Pasteur, Novavax, and AstraZeneca.point 187 | point 187 | 1

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