STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Moderna gets $472 million as late-stage Covid-19 vaccine trial begins; EU turns away from WHO vaccine effort
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Moderna (MRNA) received an additional $472 million from the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to support development of its Covid-19 vaccine, Reuters notes. The additional funding will support late-stage clinical development including an expanded Phase 3 study that is now under way. In April, Moderna had received $483 million from BARDA, when the experimental vaccine was in an early-stage trial conducted by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
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