Moderna improves forecast for 2022 sales from COVID-19 vaccine

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The company in November said its sales could be in the range of $17 billion to $22 billion in 2022.

Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) said it was in active discussions for additional COVID-19 vaccine contracts this year.

The company also said it was developing a booster vaccine candidate, called mRNA-1273.529, that targets the fast-spreading Omicron variant and expects it to advance into clinical trials in early 2022.

Booster doses of the company’s current COVID-19 vaccine, mRNA-1273, increased neutralizing antibody levels against Omicron at both 50 microgram and 100 microgram dose levels, the drugmaker said.