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Moderna

Moderna, Inc. is an American pharmaceutical and biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

History

On January 12, 2016, Moderna announced that it had entered a funding agreement with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop therapeutics against HIV and other diseases. The agreement included an initial $20 million grant, with the potential to increase the amount to $100 million.¹⁾ ²⁾

Organization

Ventures

In addition to its core business, Moderna spun out several venture firms to focus on different applications of their mRNA delivery technology.

Caperna focused exclusively on the advancement of personalized cancer vaccines.³⁾
Elpidera was formed to develop mRNA-based medicines to treat rare diseases.⁴⁾
Onkaido Therapeutics was focused exclusively on the advancement of oncology products for previously “undruggable” targets.⁵⁾
Valera was formed to focus exclusively on the development of vaccines and therapeutics for the prevention and treatment of viral, bacterial and parasitic infectious diseases.⁶⁾

Finances

Payments from Moderna

The following is a developing list of individuals and organizations that Moderna has given money to related to the COVID-19 pandemic:

Payments to Individuals

Name	Type	Amount	Description
Soren Gantt	Various	-	Consulting fees prior to or during Gantt's participation in approving COVID-19 vaccines through the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI), and research funding for study using Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine on babies.⁷⁾ ⁸⁾

Payments to Media

Name	Type	Amount	Description
Jimmy Kimmel Live	Advertising	Unknown	Paid skit promoting Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine product.⁹⁾

Stock Price

Moderna's stock rose 2000% due to its mRNA quasi-vaccine. It was reported in February 2022 that CEO Bancel sold off $400 million worth of stock.¹⁰⁾

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — Advancing an mRNA-based antibody combination to help prevent HIV infection. Moderna. Retrieved March 21, 2022, from https://archive.ph/p5iAw

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Moderna Wins Initial $20M Grant from Gates Foundation. (2016, January 12). GEN - Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News. https://archive.ph/xDOg7

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Caperna LLC. (2016). Moderna Therapeutics. https://web.archive.org/web/20161029183424/http://www.modernatx.com/our-business-model/ventures/caperna-llc

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Elpidera. (2016). Moderna Therapeutics. https://archive.ph/uennQ

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mRNA-based Oncology Treatments. Onkaido Therapeutics. Retrieved October 12, 2016, from https://web.archive.org/web/20161012181337/http://onkaido.com/about/

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Valera. (2016). Moderna Therapeutics. https://archive.ph/erYpO

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Montreal clinical trial to vaccinate babies with COVID-19 shot. (2021, December 3). City News Montreal. https://web.archive.org/web/20220417174636/https://montreal.citynews.ca/video/2021/12/03/montreal-clinical-trial-to-vaccinate-babies-with-covid-19-shot/

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Lebatteux, D., Soudeyns, H., Boucoiran, I., Gantt, S., & Diallo, A. B. (2022). Machine learning-based approach KEVOLVE efficiently identifies SARS-CoV-2 variant-specific genomic signatures. bioRxiv. Preprint. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.07.479343

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Kimmel, J., & Jimmy Kimmel Live (@JimmyKimmelLive). (2021, April 2). Dr. Jimmy answers questions about the COVID-19 vaccines & mRNA science! @Moderna_tx #SponsoredByModerna. [Tweet]. Twitter. https://archive.ph/fyITR

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February 13, 2022 | Greek News on Demand | Moderna CEO Just Dumped $400 Million in Stock and Deleted His Twitter Account

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