Moderna will charge governments between $25 and $37 per dose of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, depending on the amount ordered, Chief Executive Officer Stephane Bancel has told German weekly Welt am Sonntag, Reuters reported today. “Nothing is signed yet, but we’re close to a deal with the EU Commission. We want to deliver to Europe and are in constructive talks,” Bancel said the newspaper adding it was just a “matter of days” until a contract would be ready. Moderna has said its experimental vaccine is 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19, based on interim data from a late-stage clinical 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 for its experimental COVID-19 vaccine at least since July, Reuters said.

Source: The Nation November 22, 2020 11:37 UTC