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- Associated Press Finance
The US will pay Moderna $176 million to develop an mRNA pandemic flu vaccine
The U.S. government will pay the vaccine maker Moderna $176 million to develop a pandemic vaccine that could be used to treat bird flu in people as cases in dairy cows continue to mount across the country, federal officials announced Tuesday. The funds are targeted for release through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and will pay for continued development of a vaccine that uses the same mRNA technology that allowed rapid development and rollout of vaccines to protect against COVID-19.
- Bloomberg
US Inks Vaccine Deal With Moderna as Bird Flu Threat Looms
(Bloomberg) -- Moderna Inc. secured nearly $200 million from the US government to speed development of an mRNA vaccine for pandemic influenza as a dangerous strain of bird flu sweeps through the nation’s dairy farms, fueling concern about a budding health crisis. Most Read from BloombergDemocrats Weigh Mid-July Vote to Formally Tap Biden as NomineePowerful Hurricane Beryl Aims at Jamaica After Grenada StrikeTrump Immunity Ruling Means Any Trial Before Election Unlikely‘Upflation’ Is the New Reta
- Barrons.com
Moderna Gets $176 Million From the U.S. to Make a Bird Flu Vaccine
Scientists have long worried about the potential pandemic threat posed by the virus. Three humans in the U.S. have been infected during the current outbreak.
