Moderna moves up delivery dates for 200M doses of COVID-19 vaccinehttps://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/moderna-moves-up-delivery-200-million-covid-vaccinesVaccine maker Moderna announced it has moved up the delivery dates for two rounds of 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses by months, from the end of June to the end of May for the first round and from the end of September to the end of July for the second round.
“These commitments reflect a ramping up of production over the last few months and an expectation of further ramp up over the coming months,†the company said on Tuesday.
The announcement comes days after President Biden announced that his administration had purchased another 100 million doses of the vaccine, bringing the total number of doses of Moderna’s vaccine procured by the federal government to 300 million. Under former President Donald Trump, the Department of Health and Human Services purchased 200 million doses of the vaccine before it was granted authorization for public use. The goal was to have a stockpile of shots ready to ship immediately upon receiving the emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration.
This acceleration is due to normal improved manufacturing efficiency and throughput, not Biden's
rainbow-farting-unicorn make-it-so pronouncements.
