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Switzerland To Dispose 10M Expired COVID-19 Vaccine Doses From Moderna

Switzerland To Dispose 10M Expired COVID-19 Vaccine Doses From Moderna

瑞士将处置1000万剂过期新冠肺炎疫苗
Benzinga Real-time News ·  2022/09/26 06:36
  • Switzerland would have to discard 10.3 million doses of Moderna Inc's (NASDAQ:MRNA) COVID-19 vaccine, the health ministry said Saturday.
  • The ministry said it had no choice but to eliminate the shots after the doses expired.
  • It told the news agency that 2.5 million doses were being stored at a Swiss army logistics base and 7.8 million were in an external storage depot in Belgium.
  • The ministry confirmed an initial report, which estimated that the destroyed doses would be worth around CHF280 million ($285 million).
  • Related: Moderna Provides Vaccine For Preclinical Studies As WHO Tries Developing Its Own COVID-19 Shot.
  • Switzerland ordered doses from various manufacturers to avoid reliance on vaccines that might eventually prove ineffective and to stave off any delivery problems.
  • Vaccines based on mRNA technology from Moderna and Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech SE (NASDAQ:BNTX) turned out to be effective, leaving Switzerland with a surplus of doses.
  • In June, the Swissinfo news site estimated that Switzerland had around 38 million doses of various COVID vaccines that would expire before the year-end.
  • The ministry said that some 3.5 million doses of the new, adapted Moderna vaccine would be available next month.
  • Price Action: MRNA shares closed lower by 0.55% at $123.64 on Friday.
  • 瑞士将不得不丢弃1030万剂Moderna(纳斯达克)卫生部周六表示，新冠肺炎疫苗。
  • 卫生部表示，在疫苗剂量到期后，它别无选择，只能取消注射。
  • 它告诉通讯社，250万剂储存在瑞士军队的一个后勤基地，780万剂储存在比利时的一个外部储存库。
  • 卫生部证实了一份初步报告，该报告估计销毁的剂量将价值约2.8亿瑞士法郎(2.85亿美元)。
  • 相关： Moderna为临床前研究提供疫苗世卫组织试图开发自己的新冠肺炎疫苗.
  • 瑞士从不同的制造商那里订购了疫苗，以避免对最终可能被证明无效的疫苗的依赖，并避免任何交付问题。
  • Moderna和美国联合利华的基因工程疫苗辉瑞(纽约证券交易所股票代码：PFE)和BioNTech SE(纳斯达克：BNTX)被证明是有效的，给瑞士留下了过剩的剂量。
  • 今年6月，Swissinfo新闻网站估计，瑞士约有3800万剂各种COVID疫苗将在年底前到期。
  • 卫生部表示，下个月将有大约350万剂新的Moderna疫苗供应。
  • 价格行动：上周五，该公司股价收盘下跌0.55%，至123.64美元。
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