On November 24, 2020, the European Union announced that after the US biotechnology company Moderna reported that the effectiveness of the new coronavirus vaccine developed by Moderna reached 94.5, it would reach an agreement with Moderna to order 160 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. In response, European Commission President von der Leyen read out the order statement via video that day. She said that this is the sixth COVID-19 vaccine ordering agreement reached by the EU and pharmaceutical companies, and the EU is still working hard to reach the seventh COVID-19 vaccine ordering agreement. ?
However, von der Leyen did not disclose the price of the vaccine agreed between the EU and Moderna. He only praised the clinical trials for showing that the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is highly effective. However, like other COVID-19 vaccines, only Only after approval by the European Medicines Agency can it be put on the EU market. The new coronavirus vaccine reported by Moderna is the same as the new coronavirus vaccine jointly developed by the German Biotech Company and the American Pfizer Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Also uses messenger RNA technology. On November 16, Moderna announced that its vaccine has an effectiveness of 94.5 and does not require ultra-low temperature storage. It can be stored at a temperature of 2 to 8 degrees Celsius (general refrigerator freezer temperature) for 30 days and at a temperature of minus 20 degrees Celsius. 6 months. After announcing the order for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on November 24, von der Leyen said that the EU's goal was to acquire the most promising COVID-19 vaccine currently under development.
This is also an effort to build the most comprehensive COVID-19 vaccine portfolio in the world; once the vaccine is approved for use, the EU will distribute the vaccine to each member state at the same time, under the same conditions, and in proportion to population. Are the vaccines ordered now enough for the EU? I feel that just one vaccine is not enough for the EU. However, the EU has ordered nearly 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines so far (including additional vaccines that can be purchased). On average, each citizen of EU member states can receive about 4 doses of vaccine. Combined, these vaccines should be enough for the EU.