NEW YORK – Immunity from Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine should last at least a year, the company said on Monday (Jan 11) at the JP Morgan Healthcare conference.
The drugmaker said it was confident that the messenger RNA (mRNA) technology it used was well suited to deploy a vaccine based on the new variant of the coronavirus which has emerged in a handful of countries.
The company’s vaccine, mRNA-1273, uses synthetic mRNA to mimic the surface of the coronavirus and teach the immune system to recognise and neutralise it.
Moderna said in December it would run tests to confirm the vaccine’s activity against any strain.
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The company said on Monday it expects to deliver between 600 million doses and 1 billion doses of its vaccine in 2021 and forecast vaccine-related sales of US$11.7 billion (S$15.5 billion) for the year, based on advance purchase agreements signed with governments.
“The team feels very comfortable with the track record we have now… that we are on track to deliver at least 600 million doses,” Chief Executive Officer Stéphane Bancel said.
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