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> Moderna's most recent financial results: "Total revenue was $6.3 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2021, compared to $75 million for the same period i
by 908B64B197 5y ago
> Moderna's most recent financial results: "Total revenue was $6.3 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2021, compared to $75 million for the same period in 2020"
Careful, not profits, revenues. It costs them something to manufacture the vaccine. WeWork and Uber have great revenues, but I wouldn't accept an offer from them with a share of the profits!
> If all of humanity worked to end this collectively, we would all be immensely better off.
True, and yet
> based on decades of US federal research funding.
One country seems to be footing the bill for the whole world (and it's not even where the pandemic originated). Other countries are free to finance cutting edge research and add a clause they own the intellectual property to it for use in their country.
- kcartlidge 5y ago> One country seems to be footing the bill for the whole world It really isn't. You need to widen your news sources.
- 908B64B197 5y agoFor the Moderna vaccine, yes. I don't think the company had international funding. Foreign companies also received significant investments from the United States [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Warp_Speed#Companies_receiving_research_funding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Warp_Speed#Companies...