Moderna to supply additional 20 million COVID vaccine doses to covax

"I would like to thank our partners at Gavi and COVAX for their work and collaboration to reach this agreement. This is another important milestone as we work to ensure that people around the world have access to our COVID-19 vaccine as quickly as possible," said Stéphane Bancel, Chief Executive Officer of Moderna. "We are proud that our agreement is the largest direct supply agreement with COVAX among U.S. authorized suppliers. We remain committed to implementing a comprehensive strategy to ensure that low-income countries get access to our vaccine as we seek to help end the pandemic around the world."

The agreements cover the 92 Gavi COVAX AMC low- and middle-income countries. COVAX is a global initiative co-led by Gavi, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the World Health Organization (WHO), to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for all countries, regardless of income levels.

Additionally, Moderna recently announced an agreement that enables the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) countries to donate doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine that they have purchased under the EU Vaccines Strategy to COVAX on an ongoing basis for delivery in 2021. This initiative, led by France, Sweden, and Norway is expected to enable the donation of more than 70 million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in 2021, including an initial donation of 15 million doses by France and 40 million doses by Germany. Dose sharing is an important pillar of Moderna's comprehensive plan to bring vaccines to as many people as possible around the world.