US EditionHHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics
- On May 28, 2025, the Trump administration withdrew $766 million in funding previously allocated to Massachusetts-based Moderna for the development of a bird flu vaccine.
- The contract was awarded in January and July 2024 to support late-stage development and purchase of Moderna's mRNA-based vaccine targeting H5N1 bird flu viruses.
- Moderna reported encouraging interim findings from a Phase 1/2 study of mRNA-1018 in 300 healthy adults, demonstrating a strong immune response along with a favorable safety profile.
- According to a statement from HHS, further funding for Moderna’s H5N1 mRNA vaccine was deemed neither scientifically valid nor ethically appropriate due to concerns related to safety and integrity.
- The contract termination adds uncertainty to pandemic vaccine preparedness, while Moderna said it will explore alternative development paths for the bird flu vaccine.
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As Bird Flu Spreads, HHS Cancels $600 Million Contract to Develop Influenza Vaccines
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Trump Administration Just *Determined* To Be Unprepared For Bird Flu Pandemic
Same energy.Please know that I am as sick of writing about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Health and Human Services shenanigans as you may be of reading about them. Alas, his actions are not without consequence and there is pretty much no one to check him, so we all have to pay attention to his bullshit, for the sake of our own health. How unfortunate for us!On Thursday, Kennedy’s HHS announced it would be rescinding nearly $600 million in funding (on …
HHS slams ‘under-tested’ mRNA technology as Trump cuts Moderna’s H5N1 vaccine funding – CLG News
HHS slams ‘under-tested’ mRNA technology as Trump cuts Moderna’s H5N1 vaccine funding | 28 May 2025 | President Donald Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is terminating awards totaling more than $750 million dollars that were provided to pharmaceutical manufacturer Moderna to help facilitate its production of mRNA-based bird flu vaccines. During President [sic] Joe Biden’s final week in office, his administration awarded $590 …
US government cancels funding to Moderna for its bird flu vaccine
The Trump Administration has halted an award worth $766 million that was intended to support Moderna in the development of a bird flu vaccine. The decision to stop the funding is a significant setback for Moderna's efforts to create a vaccine for the bird flu, and the company has acknowledged the termination of the award.
HHS cancels funding for Moderna vaccines to fight pandemic flu
(The Hill) - The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is canceling hundreds of millions of dollars in funding pledged to Moderna to help the company develop, test and license mRNA-based vaccines to combat pandemic flu viruses, including bird flu in humans. The company said it was notified Wednesday that the agency had terminated the funding awarded by the Biden administration for the late-stage development and right to purchase prepand…
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