Moderna Vaccine Production Is Gearing Up, Partner Lonza Says

  • Company has made first batch of main ingredient in Covid shot
  • Ramping up production on vaccine could last into 2021
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Lonza Group AG made its first commercial batch of the main ingredient in Moderna Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate in the U.S. last week and plans to start European production by the end of the month, Chairman Albert Baehny said.

The company is ramping up and fine-tuning its production lines, a process that may stretch into next year.