At CES2023, the CEO of Moderna discussed mRNA technology.
See AlsoContrary to vaccines that use a weakened or inactivated germ to trigger an immune response, mRNA vaccines use lab-created molecules to instruct the cells of our body on how to make a protein triggering an immune response. This response of the immune system creates antibodies that help protect us from being infected.
There are 226 viruses known to affect humans today, explained Bancel. But there are only vaccines in existence against about 20. So there’s a huge gap in how many diseases can still be prevented. “It’s going to be everywhere. It’s going to be really bad. And millions of people are going to die,” he shared.As Moderna mobilized to respond to the global threat, Barcel called the development of the Covid vaccine “a team effort.” He thanked the FDA, civil servants and all the collaborators. Everyone involved understood it was a life and death issue.One great challenge of development was not having the Covid virus actually in the lab at the start of their work.
In 2019, for the entire year, they made 100,000 doses. The next year they aimed to make a billion. Moderna had to take on new partners and to scale up their operation to manufacture such an immense amount of medicine.Bancel dispelled the myth that the development of the cancer vaccine it was working on prior to Covid was sped up by the pandemic. In fact, it was seriously delayed.
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