Moderna

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Moderna, Inc.
FormerlyModeRNA Therapeutics
(2010–2018)
Company typePublic
ISINUS60770K1079
IndustryBiotechnology
FoundedSeptember 2010; 14 years ago (2010-09)
Founders
Headquarters200 Technology Square
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Key people
Products
RevenueDecrease US$6.848 billion (2023)
Decrease US$−4.24 billion (2023)
Decrease US$−4.71 billion (2023)
Total assetsDecrease US$18.43 billion (2023)
Total equityDecrease US$13.85 billion (2023)
Owners
Number of employees
5,600 (2023)
Websitemodernatx.com
Footnotes / references
[1][2][3]

Moderna, Inc. (/məˈdɜːrnə/ mə-DUR-nə)[4] is an American pharmaceutical and biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that focuses on RNA therapeutics, primarily mRNA vaccines. These vaccines use a copy of a molecule called messenger RNA (mRNA) to carry instructions for proteins to produce an immune response.[5][1] The company's name is derived from the terms "modified", "RNA", and "modern".[6][7][8]

The company's commercial products are the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, marketed as Spikevax and a RSV vaccine, marketed as Mresvia. The company has 44 treatment and vaccine candidates, of which 37 have entered clinical trials. Candidates include possible vaccines for influenza, HIV, Epstein–Barr virus, the Nipah virus, chikungunya, human metapneumovirus, varicella zoster virus, as well as a cytomegalovirus vaccine, a Zika virus vaccine funded by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, and three cancer vaccines. The company's pipeline also includes a cell therapy-based treatment: a relaxin fusion protein being developed to treat acute decompensated heart failure. It also includes candidates that use OX40 ligand, interleukin 23, IL36G, and interleukin 12 for cancer immunotherapy, specifically treatment of breast cancer, urothelial carcinoma, lymphoma, and melanoma. Also being developed by Moderna is a regenerative medicine treatment that encodes vascular endothelial growth factor A to stimulate blood vessel growth for patients with myocardial ischemia.[1][failed verification]

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  2. ^ "Moderna, Inc. Schedule 14A 2022 Proxy Statement". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. March 9, 2022.
  3. ^ "Key Facts". Moderna.
  4. ^ Moderna (October 23, 2019). mRNA-3704 and Methylmalonic Acidemia (video) – via YouTube.
  5. ^ Park KS, Sun X, Aikins ME, Moon JJ (December 2020). "Non-viral COVID-19 vaccine delivery systems". Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 169: 137–51. doi:10.1016/j.addr.2020.12.008. PMC 7744276. PMID 33340620.
  6. ^ "Moderna, Our story; Our big moments". Moderna, Inc. 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  7. ^ Garde D, Saltzman J (November 10, 2020). "The story of mRNA: How a once-dismissed idea became a leading technology in the Covid vaccine race". Stat. Archived from the original on November 10, 2020.
  8. ^ Servick K (March 25, 2020). "This mysterious $2 billion biotech is revealing the secrets behind its new drugs and vaccines (from the original, 1 February 2017)". Science. doi:10.1126/science.aal0686. S2CID 241466550.