Operation Warp Speed Moderna
Anthony fauci have said that a safe vaccine cannot be developed in under 12 to 18 months.
Operation warp speed moderna. Operation warp speeds goal is to produce and deliver 300 million doses of safe and effective vaccines with the initial doses available by january 2021 as part of a broader strategy to accelerate the development manufacturing and distribution of covid 19 vaccines therapeutics and diagnostics collectively known as countermeasures. Moderna has secured a 15 billion operation warp speed contract to supply 100 million doses of a covid 19 vaccine candidate to the us. Department of health and human services the department of defense and more in the work. The administration has tapped former gsk vaccine head moncef slaoui as a leader for the group thats incorporating expertise from the us.
Operation warp speed officially unveiled last month aims to speed covid 19 vaccines to the public in record time. Moderna lands 15 billion vaccine contract from operation warp speed. Government with an option to supply 400 million more doses if needed. Under the terms of the agreement moderna will receive an initial 12 billion to manufacture and deliver the 100 million doses to the government with an additional 300 million to be earned if the.
The first is an experimental vaccine mrna 1273 co developed by researchers at the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases niaid and biotech company moderna inc.