India, Nov. 29 -- The UK government said it has signed a deal for an additional 2 million doses of mRNA-1273, Moderna's vaccine candidate against COVID-19, bringing the total to 7 million doses for the UK.
According to government statement, the UK now has access to enough doses of Moderna's vaccine candidate for about 3.5 million people. The government has now secured 357 million vaccine doses from 7 different developers.
Moderna said it continues to scale up its global manufacturing to be able to deliver approximately 500 million doses per year and possibly up to 1 billion doses per year, beginning in 2021. The company is working with its strategic manufacturing partners, Lonza of Switzerland and ROVI of Spain, for manufacturing and fill...