Investor behind Moderna says U.S. policy is ‘taking a sledgehammer to our miracle machine’

Moderna chair warns of ‘dystopia’ amid US science pullback

The politicization of science is undermining the scientific method itself, the co-founder of the biotech firm Moderna warned. In his annual shareholder letter, Noubar Afeyan noted that science had created “man-made miracles,” from the lightbulb to anti-HIV drugs. But, he said, the US — traditionally the driving force for scientific research — had backed away, cutting funding and restricting researchers’ visas. “Corrosive doubt” has, he said, led…

Investor behind Moderna says U.S. policy is ‘taking a sledgehammer to our miracle machine’

Afeyan’s letter, sent through his company-building group Flagship Pioneering, was issued on the first day of the JP Morgan conference.