What is Moderna?
[[Image:Moderna logo.svg|thumb|250px]] '''Moderna''' is an American [[biotechnology]] company based in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]. They focus on [[drug]] discovery and development, and [[vaccine]] technologies based on [[messenger RNA]].<ref name=BioWorld>{{cite web|url=http://www.bioworld.com/content/moderna-makes-entrance-40m-round-mrna-work|author=Catherine Shaffer|date=December 6, 2013|title=Moderna Makes Entrance with $40M Round for mRNA Work|publisher=BioWorld|access-date=Dec 11, 2013|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116154313/https://www.bioworld.com/articles/355400-moderna-makes-entrance-with-40m-round-for-mrna-work?v=preview|url-status=live}}</ref> As of November 2020, Moderna was valued at $35&nbsp;billion, and while none of its drugs had been approved, its [[COVID-19 vaccine]] candidate was close to being authorized for mass use.<ref name=CNN>{{cite web |first1=Robert |last1=Kuznia |first2=Katie |last2=Polglase |first3=Gianluca |last3=Mezzofiore |title=In quest for vaccine, US makes 'big bet' on company with unproven technology |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/01/us/coronavirus-moderna-vaccine-invs/index.html |access-date=1 May 2020 |website=CNN Investigates |date=1 May 2020 |archive-date=16 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116154315/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/01/us/coronavirus-moderna-vaccine-invs/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2023 it is to build a centre in Harwell, [[Oxfordshire]], to produce vaccines for Covid, flu and [[respiratory syncytial virus]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=5 March 2023|title=Moderna to build £150m vaccine centre in UK after NHS deal|work=Sunday Times|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/moderna-to-build-150m-vaccine-centre-in-uk-after-nhs-deal-jfflbmxmn|access-date=8 March 2023|archive-date=5 March 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230305025832/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/moderna-to-build-150m-vaccine-centre-in-uk-after-nhs-deal-jfflbmxmn|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> ==Re