Moderna aiming to make up to one billion doses of Covid-19 vaccine this year

Moderna’s chief executive Stephane Bancel said Moderna had orders for 500 million doses of its vaccine and could comfortably make at least 600 million doses.

Published on: Jan 7, 2021, 14:02:52 IST

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Moderna Inc is on track to deliver between 600 million and 1 billion doses of its Covid-19 vaccine this year, Chief Executive Stephane Bancel said on Thursday.

Stephane Bancel said it was still not clear how long the antibodies generated by the vaccines would last, but added that it could potentially be a couple of years. (AFP)

Bancel said Moderna had orders for 500 million doses of its vaccine and could comfortably make at least 600 million doses. He told a conference organised by Oddo BHF that the group was working to meet or even exceed a target for 1 billion doses, however.

Bancel said it was still not clear how long the antibodies generated by the vaccines would last, but added that it could potentially be a couple of years.

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