(RTTNews) – Modern said Tuesday that it has reached an agreement with the United States to first supply one hundred million doses of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine, mNR-1273. The U.S. government It has provided up to $1.525 billion for the vaccine.
The United States will also be able to purchase up to 400 million additional doses of Modern mNR-1273.
The U.S. has already invested $955 million in the company’s vaccine development, bringing its total investment to $2.48 billion, Moderna said in a statement.
The United States also reached an agreement with Pfizer in July to protect one hundred million doses from its BNT162 vaccine. In August, he reached an agreement to unload one hundred million doses of Janssen Pharmaceutical’s Ad26.COV2.S vaccine. Similarly, the United States has agreements with GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi, Novavax and AstraZeneca for its vaccines.