‘The success of the current booster campaign is critical for future years, and it’s not going that wellModerna earnings on Thursday offered a preview into the future of Covid-19 vaccine sales, and so far it doesn’t look pretty.
The vaccine maker said it’s signed advanced purchase agreements worth $4.5bn to $5.5bn for 2023, including up to $3bn of deferred deliveries from this year. Shares of Moderna fell 4.6% at the New York market open. Pfizer fell 1.7%, and American depositary receipts of its German partner BioNTech dropped 2.8%.Supply was limited in the US this autumn when one of Moderna’s contract manufacturing facilities came under scrutiny from US regulators.