The 25,000-subject study is testing a nucleoside-modified mRNA (modRNA), quadrivalent vaccine that is targeted against four strains of the flu virus that the World Health Organization (WHO ...

Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison highlighted the potential medical benefits of the investment, stating that AI could be used to detect cancers and customize mRNA vaccines to treat them within 48 hours.

The candidate uses the same basic mRNA technology implemented in Moderna’s covid-19 vaccines to accomplish this. mRNA vaccines prompt the body’s cells to produce a target protein that’s then ...

In July, the company received $176 million from HHS toward its vaccine efforts. Moderna plans to advance research on the mRNA vaccine into a phase 3 trial after receiving positive results in ...

Moderna's mRNA technology gained rapid validation as sales of its covid vaccine soared in 2021 and 2022, but we think the firm has yet to secure a narrow economic moat around its business ...

The U.S. government has handed Moderna almost $600 million to accelerate its work on various bird flu vaccines as well as work on mRNA vaccines for other influenza strains with pandemic potential.

Days before President Donald Trump took office a second time, the Department of Health and Human Services granted Moderna $590 million for the development of mRNA vaccines for bird flu and other ...

There have been 67 confirmed human bird flu cases in the U.S. since April 2024. Moderna has been awarded approximately $590 million from the federal government to help speed up the development of ...

The money "allows Moderna to accelerate development of an H5N1 mRNA influenza vaccine that is well matched to strains currently circulating in cows and birds." This is in addition to the $176 ...

Moderna has been awarded approximately $590 million from the federal government to help speed up the development of an mRNA-based bird flu vaccine, alongside other influenza vaccines, health officials ...