Moderna

The two companies producing COVID-19 vaccines for use in the United States will have to raise production to meet contractual goals of 100 million doses each by the end of March.

The two companies making COVID-19 vaccines each promised to deliver 100 million doses to the federal government by the end of March. So far, they appear to be running behind.

This post will be updated today, Thursday, Dec. 24, and through the week with the latest information on COVID-19 in South Florida.

More than 350,000 doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine arrive in Florida this week, as the state’s vaccination campaign ramps up in force. So far, the FDA has authorized two COVID-19

This post will be updated today, Monday, Dec. 21, and through the week with the latest information on COVID-19 in South Florida.

Florida continues to see increasing infections and deaths as the second COVID-19 vaccine heads to the state.

Despite being founded a decade ago, Moderna has never had a product make it to market. And the company registered its first factory with the Food and Drug Administration just this week.

Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted 20-0 to recommend that the agency authorize Moderna's vaccine for emergency use during the pandemic. There was a single abstention.

Two days before a panel of experts is set to review Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine and advise the Food and Drug Administration, documents show the vaccine is 94% effective and well-tolerated.

The vaccine is nearly 95% effective in preventing illness, according to an interim analysis of a clinical test involving 30,000 people.