MASSACHUSETTS, Aug 18 — Moderna said yesterday initial study data showed its updated Covid-19 vaccine is effective against the Eris and Fornax subvariants in humans.

ANKARA, Aug 27 — US biotechnology firm Moderna is suing rivals Pfizer and BioNTech for infringing patents central to its Covid-19 vaccine technology.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — Biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines Moderna, Inc.

WASHINGTON, Dec 17 — Vaccine advisers to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) voted unanimously Thursday to recommend the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines be preferred over the Johnson & Johnson vaccine due to very rare but dangerous blood clot risk.

UNITED KINGDOM, Dec 7 — A major British study into mixing Covid-19 vaccines has found that people had a better immune response when they received a first dose of AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech shots followed by Moderna nine weeks later, according to the results on Monday.

WASHINGTON, Dec 6 — Moderna Inc President Stephen Hoge warns that coronavirus vaccines could be less effective against the new strain, Omicron.

HONG KONG/SYDNEY, Nov 30 — Drugmaker Moderna set off fresh alarm bells in financial markets on Tuesday as the firm's chief warned that Covid-19 vaccines are unlikely to be as effective against the Omicron variant as they have been against the Delta version.

TOKYO, Sept 2 — Moderna Inc and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd said they are working with the Japanese government to recall three batches of Covid-19 vaccine after an investigation found stainless steel contaminants in some vials, Xinhua quoted a local media report Thursday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 5 — The Drug Control Authority (DCA) in its 362nd meeting today, gave conditional registration approval to Spikevax 0.20 mg/ml Dispersion for Injection Covid-19 mRNA Vaccine (nucleoside modified), also known as Covid-19 Moderna vaccine for use in the current disaster situation.

GENEVA, May 1 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) said Friday that it listed the Moderna vaccine for emergency use for the coronavirus — the fifth injection to receive emergency validation from the UN agency, Anadolu Agency reported.

PARIS, March 26 — French President Emmanuel Macron lashed out against pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca on Thursday for not honouring its contract and expressed support for the European Union’s decision to block all coronavirus vaccine exports as long as laboratories do not keep their commitments.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 — Analysing the data in order to choose the best and the right Covid-19 vaccine for Malaysia’s population is crucial to ensure they are convinced of the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine.

SINGAPORE, Feb 3 — The Singapore Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has today granted an interim authorisation for the second Covid-19 vaccine, Moderna, to be used in Singapore.

WASHINGTON, Dec 30 — United States Vice President-elect Kamala Harris received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine Tuesday live on television, reported Xinhua news agency.

FRANKFURT, Nov 22 — Moderna will charge governments between US$25 (RM102) and US$37 (RM151) per dose of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, depending on the amount ordered, chief executive Stephane Bancel told German weekly Welt am Sonntag (WamS).