Coronavirus Notebook: Middle Ground Pricing As Moderna Reaches 100m Dose US Agreement

Plus, Evidence Accelerator Finds No Benefit With HCQ

Pricing set somewhere down the middle as Moderna reaches deal with US government on initial supplies of its mRNA vaccine. Also, Evidence Accelerator's next joint parallel analysis projects are remdesivir in hospitalized patients and coagulopathy.

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Moderna Reaches Initial US Vaccine Supply, Option Deal • Source: Shutterstock

Moderna, Inc.’s shares jumped more than 8% in after-hours trading after the US vaccine developer announced it had reached an agreement with the US government to supply an initial 100 million doses of its mRNA coronavirus candidate mRNA-1273.

Up to $1.525bn has been awarded for the manufacture and delivery of this first tranche of doses - including incentive...

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