Moderna, which has faced criticism for not supplying more Covid-19 vaccine doses to middle- and low-income countries, plans to build a $500 million plant in Africa
Moderna Inc. plans to spend up to $500 million to build a new manufacturing plant in Africa to supply doses of its Covid-19 vaccine and potential additional vaccines to a continent that has grappled with a shortage.
The Cambridge, Mass., drug company said Thursday it will build a state-of-the-art facility that could produce up to 500 million doses annually of vaccines, using its gene-based technology, known as messenger RNA.
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