Moderna Prepares For mRNA Drug R&D Blitz With $474m In New Equity
Executive Summary
Moderna Therapeutics LLC will go public someday, CEO Stephane Bancel says, but not until the company has human proof-of-concept data for multiple messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics – a milestone that Moderna expects to reach with its $474m in new equity financing.
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