Moderna and Medison Pharma Collaborate to Commercialize Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine in Central Eastern Europe and Israel

Moderna, Inc., a biotechnology company that pioneered messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, and Medison Pharma, a leading commercial partner for highly innovative therapies in international markets, announced today a new agreement to commercialize the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine in Central Eastern Europe and Israel.

Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Slovakia, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Serbia, Ukraine, Moldova, Albania, Bosnia, and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Israel are among the nations included by the pact.

"We are excited to work with Moderna in 20 markets, covering over 175 million people across the whole Central Eastern Europe region and in Israel," stated Meir Jakobsohn, Medison Pharma's Founder and CEO. "With Moderna's ground-breaking mRNA vaccine and Medison's international commercialization platform for highly innovative treatments, our collaboration is a perfect fit."

"We value this new collaboration with Medison Pharma to ensure the successful launch of our mRNA COVID-19 vaccine," stated Corinne Le Goff, Pharm.D., M.B.A., Chief Commercial Officer of Moderna. "By delivering our vaccines in collaboration with our partners, we stay consistent in our commitment to fighting the pandemic."

About Medison Pharma
Medison is a global pharmaceutical company that focuses on commercializing highly innovative therapies in international markets. Medison offers a full range of integrated services for companies looking to establish a presence in international markets, drawing on a 25-year track record and collaborations with major biotech companies.
Medison also has a corporate venture arm with a dedicated research and evaluation team with significant scientific and commercial expertise.

About Moderna
Moderna has evolved from a science research-stage company advancing programs in the field of messenger RNA (mRNA) to an enterprise with a diverse clinical portfolio of vaccines and therapeutics across six modalities, a broad intellectual property portfolio in areas such as mRNA and lipid nanoparticle formulation, and an integrated manufacturing plant. Moderna maintains alliances with a diverse range of domestic & global government and commercial collaborators, allowing for the pursuit of both ground-breaking science and rapid manufacturing scale.