Who makes Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine?
Manufacturer: ModernaTX, Inc.
What are the common side effects of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine?
Do the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines have full FDA approval?
The Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines have received full approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Can I get COVID-19 again after having the vaccine?
Getting COVID-19 after you’ve been vaccinated or recovered is still possible. But having some immunity — whether from infection or vaccination — really drops the odds of this happening to you.
What are the common side effects of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine?
Common side effects include pain, redness and swelling at the injection site, tiredness, headache, muscle pain, chills, nausea, joint pain, and fever. Less common severe side effects include severe allergic reactions. See additional information on vaccine side effects for Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and J&J.
Is it normal to feel sick after having the COVID-19 vaccine?
Are the COVID-19 vaccines approved by the FDA?
Are the FDA-approved vaccines effective at preventing COVID-19?
Yes. All FDA-approved and FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccines prevent COVID-19 and serious health outcomes that COVID-19 can cause, including hospitalization and death.
Is it safe to take the Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, or J&J COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy?
How does the COVID-19 vaccine boost your immune system?
Should you get the COVID-19 vaccine if you already had COVID-19 and recovered?
If I already had COVID-19 and recovered, do I still need to get a COVID-19 vaccine? You should get a COVID-19 vaccine even if you already had COVID-19. Getting a COVID-19 vaccine after you recover from COVID-19 infection provides added protection to your immune system.
Can you get COVID-19 if you already had it and have antibodies?
It is important to remember that some people with antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 may become infected after vaccination (vaccine breakthrough infection) or after recovering from a past infection (reinfected).
Overview
Moderna, Inc., 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 produce an immune response.
The company’s only commercial product is the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. A…
History
In 2005, Derrick Rossi, a 39-year-old postdoctoral fellow in stem cell biology at Stanford University, studied a paper by Hungarian biochemist Katalin Karikó on RNA-mediated immune activation and her co-discovery with American immunologist Drew Weissman of the nucleoside modifications that suppress the immunogenicity of RNA.
In 2007, Rossi set out to build on their findings as a new assistant professor at Harvard Medical …
Operations and finances
In 2021, the COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax, was approved in 70 countries, with 807 million doses distributed worldwide. Moderna had a global team of 3,000 and 21 commercial subsidiaries operating internationally, including four new Asian locations and six in Europe. Moderna had advance purchase agreements for Spikevax of $19 billion for 2022.
Mainly on sales of Spikevax, Moderna had total 2021 revenue of $18.5 billion and net incomeof $…
Controversies
Moderna is involved in a patent dispute with the NIH over its COVID-19 vaccine. According to the NIH, three of its scientists played a major role in developing the vaccine over four years of collaboration. After first refuting the shared patent application entirely, Moderna postponed the final payment for filing the application, thereby leaving the patent application unfiled, as of December 2021.
See also
• DNA vaccine
• CureVac
External links
• Official website
• Business data for Moderna, Inc.: