Moderna says its coronavirus vaccine is 100% effective at preventing severe COVID-19

[Chris Smith]

• Moderna announced final results for its coronavirus vaccine, saying the overall efficacy is 94.1% and that the drug showed 100% efficacy against severe COVID-19.
• Moderna said it would seek emergency approvals in the US and Europe and provide up to 20 million doses for American patients this year.
• The FDA is expected to review the Moderna vaccine's safety and efficacy data on December 17th and decide on emergency use authorization at that time.

Mondays in November continue to deliver good coronavirus vaccine news, with Moderna announcing the final results for its COVID-19 Phase 3 study. A few weeks ago, the company’s interim data said the mRNA vaccine it developed was 94% effective at preventing illness. At the time, the result was better than Pfizer’s interim efficacy of over 90%. Pfizer and BioNTech then announced final efficacy data, saying their mRNA vaccine is 95% effective at blocking the illness. Moderna has its own final results ready that confirm the drug’s efficacy rating stays at 94.1%. But the company said that the COVID-19 drug was 100% effective at blocking severe COVID-19.

Moderna plans to submit the paperwork for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Conditional Marketing Authorization (CMA) with the European Medicines Agency (EMA). If approved, Moderna will have up to 20 million vaccine doses ready for the US this year and plans to distribute between 500 million and 1 billion doses globally next year.

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