The US will pay Moderna $176 million to develop an mRNA pandemic flu vaccine.

US Pumps $176 Million into Moderna for Game-Changing Bird Flu Vaccine! The U.S. government has given Moderna $176 million to develop a bird flu vaccine. The H5N1 outbreak has infected 132 dairy cow herds across 12 states and three humans. The funding supports research and preparation for large-scale vaccine production. The U.S. gov...

US Government Awards Moderna $176 Million for #mRNA#BirdFlu Vaccine - I hope the UK is doing something similar, or we are in big trouble here...

US Government Awards Moderna $176 Million for mRNA Bird Flu Vaccine As fears of a pandemic mount, the biotech company’s mRNA vaccine trial is set to release Phase 1/2 results later this year, with a larger Phase 3 trial expected to begin in 2025. #press

“The US government will pay the vaccine maker Moderna $176 million to accelerate development of a pandemic influenza vaccine that could be used to treat #birdflu in people…” Moderna already has a bird flu vaccine in very early-stage testing that uses the same mRNA technology [as vax for] COVID-19. The new funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services include continued development of the vaccine, including a late-stage trial next year if those early study results are positive.”