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Moderna Announces New Drug Substance Production Agreement with Lonza in the Netherlands


CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (BUSINESS WIRE) Jun 2, 2021
Moderna, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRNA), a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, today announced that it has entered into an additional agreement with Lonza (SIX: LONN) to support drug substance manufacturing for its global supply chain. The agreement will establish a new production line at Lonza’s Geleen site in the Netherlands, contributing to the supply of an additional 300 million doses of Moderna’s updated booster variant vaccine candidate, if authorized, per year, at a 50 µg dose.
In addition to previously announced investments in drug substance manufacturing with ROVI in Granada, Spain, the Company now expects to be able to supply the equivalent of 600 million 50 µg doses per year from production within the European Union. Both new drug substance lines in the European Union are expected to be operational before the end of 2021. ....

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