Moderna 10-Q 2022-03-31
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
| FORM | 10-Q |
(Mark One)
☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2022
OR
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from _ to _
Commission File Number: 001-38753

Moderna, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
| Delaware | 81-3467528 | ||||||||||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||||||||||
| 200 Technology Square | |||||||||||
| Cambridge, | Massachusetts | 02139 | |||||||||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(617) 714-6500
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||
| Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share | MRNA | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
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As of April 29, 2022, there were 397,759,517 shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, outstanding.
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (Form 10-Q), including the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” contains express or implied forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this Form 10-Q are based on our management’s belief and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, these statements relate to future events or our future operational or financial performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this Form 10-Q include, but are not limited to, statements about:
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our activities with respect to our COVID-19 vaccine, and our plans and expectations regarding future generations of our COVID-19 vaccine, including boosters, that we may develop in response to variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, ongoing clinical development, manufacturing and supply, pricing, commercialization, if approved, regulatory matters (including dosage for vaccines and authorization or approval for boosters), demand for COVID-19 vaccines, and third-party and governmental arrangements and potential arrangements;
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our ability to contract with third-party suppliers, distributors and manufacturers and their ability to perform adequately, particularly with respect to the timely production and delivery of our COVID-19 vaccine, including any variant booster vaccine candidates, if authorized;
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our ability and the ability of third parties with whom we contract to successfully manufacture our commercial products at scale, as well as drug substances, delivery vehicles, development candidates, and investigational medicines for preclinical and clinical use;
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costs associated with the ramping up of manufacturing for our products, including our COVID-19 vaccine, both internal and external, as well as costs associated with winding down or terminating relationships or agreements with third-party manufacturers or suppliers in connection with the production of our COVID-19 vaccine;
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the scope of protection we are able to establish and maintain for intellectual property rights covering our commercial products, investigational medicines and technology;
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the initiation, timing, progress, results, and cost of our research and development programs and our current and future preclinical studies and clinical trials, including statements regarding the timing of initiation and completion of studies or trials and related preparatory work, the period during which the results of the trials will become available, and our research and development programs;
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risks related to the direct or indirect impact of the COVID-19 pandemic or any future large-scale adverse health event, such as the scope and duration of the outbreak, government actions and restrictive measures implemented in response, material delays in diagnoses, initiation or continuation of treatment for diseases that may be addressed by our development candidates and investigational medicines, or in patient enrollment in clinical trials, potential clinical trials, regulatory review or supply chain disruptions, and other potential impacts to our business, the effectiveness or timeliness of steps taken by us to mitigate the impact of the pandemic, and our ability to execute business continuity plans to address disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic or future large-scale adverse health event;
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our anticipated next steps for our development candidates and investigational medicines that may be slowed down due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, including our resources being significantly diverted towards our COVID-19 vaccine efforts, particularly if the federal government seeks to require us to divert such resources;
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our ability to identify research priorities and apply a risk-mitigated strategy to efficiently discover and develop development candidates and investigational medicines, including by applying learnings from one program to our other programs and from one modality to our other modalities;
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our ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approval of our investigational medicines;
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our ability to commercialize our products, if approved;
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the pricing and reimbursement of our medicines, if approved;
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the implementation of our business model, and strategic plans for our business, investigational medicines, and technology;
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the scope of protection we are able to establish and maintain for intellectual property rights covering our investigational medicines and technology;
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estimates of our future expenses, revenues, capital requirements, and our needs for additional financing;
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the potential benefits of strategic collaboration agreements, our ability to enter into strategic collaborations or arrangements, and our ability to attract collaborators with development, regulatory, and commercialization expertise;
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future agreements with third parties in connection with the commercialization of our investigational medicines, if approved;
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the size and growth potential of the markets for our investigational medicines, and our ability to serve those markets;
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our financial performance;
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the rate and degree of market acceptance of our investigational medicines;
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legal and regulatory developments in the United States and foreign countries;
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our ability to produce our products or investigational medicines with advantages in turnaround times or manufacturing cost;
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the success of competing therapies that are or may become available;
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our ability to attract and retain key scientific or management personnel; and
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developments relating to our competitors and our industry.
In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “will,” “may,” “should,” “could,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “aims,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. These statements are only predictions. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, which are, in some cases, beyond our control and which could materially affect results. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things, those listed under the section entitled “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Form 10-Q. If one or more of these risks or uncertainties occur, or if our underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual events or results may vary significantly from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. No forward-looking statement is a promise or a guarantee of future performance.
The forward-looking statements in this Form 10-Q represent our views as of the date of this Form 10-Q. We anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause our views to change. However, while we may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we have no current intention of doing so except to the extent required by applicable law. You should therefore not rely on these forward-looking statements as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this Form 10-Q.
This Form 10-Q includes statistical and other industry and market data that we obtained from industry publications and research, surveys, and studies conducted by third parties. Industry publications and third-party research, surveys, and studies generally indicate that their information has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, although they do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of such information. We have not independently verified the information contained in such sources.
TRADEMARKS
This Form 10-Q contains references to our trademarks and to trademarks belonging to other entities. Solely for convenience, trademarks and trade names referred to may appear without the ® or ™ symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that their respective owners will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, their rights thereto. We do not intend our use or display of other companies’ trade names or trademarks to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by, any other companies.
NOTE REGARDING COMPANY REFERENCES
Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms “Moderna,” “the Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” in this Form 10-Q refer to Moderna, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Our website, www.modernatx.com, including the Investor Relations section, www.investors.modernatx.com; and corporate blog www.modernatx.com/moderna-blog; as well as our social media channels: Facebook, www.facebook.com/modernatx; Twitter, www.twitter.com/modernatx; and LinkedIn, www.linkedin.com/company/modernatx; contain a significant amount of information about us, including financial and other information for investors. We encourage investors to visit these websites and social media channels as information is frequently updated and new information is shared. Information contained on our website and social media channels shall not be deemed incorporated into, or be a part of, this Form 10-Q.
Table of Contents
Item 1. Financial Statements
MODERNA, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited, in millions, except per share data)
| March 31, | December 31, | ||||||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||||
| Assets | |||||||||||
| Current assets: | |||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 5,048 | $ | 6,848 | |||||||
| Investments | 5,067 | 3,879 | |||||||||
| Accounts receivable | 3,173 | 3,175 | |||||||||
| Inventory | 1,942 | 1,441 | |||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 1,120 | 728 | |||||||||
| Total current assets | 16,350 | 16,071 | |||||||||
| Investments, non-current | 9,171 | 6,843 | |||||||||
| Property and equipment, net | 1,341 | 1,241 | |||||||||
| Right-of-use assets, operating leases | 132 | 142 | |||||||||
| Restricted cash, non-current | 12 | 12 | |||||||||
| Deferred tax assets | 521 | 326 | |||||||||
| Other non-current assets | 82 | 34 | |||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 27,609 | $ | 24,669 | |||||||
| Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | |||||||||||
| Current liabilities: | |||||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 199 | $ | 302 | |||||||
| Accrued liabilities | 1,608 | 1,472 | |||||||||
| Deferred revenue | 5,599 | 6,253 | |||||||||
| Income taxes payable | 1,592 | 876 | |||||||||
| Other current liabilities | 240 | 225 | |||||||||
| Total current liabilities | 9,238 | 9,128 | |||||||||
| Deferred revenue, non-current | 464 | 615 | |||||||||
| Operating lease liabilities, non-current | 95 | 106 | |||||||||
| Financing lease liabilities, non-current | 646 | 599 | |||||||||
| Other non-current liabilities | 91 | 76 | |||||||||
| Total liabilities | 10,534 | 10,524 | |||||||||
| Commitments and contingencies (Note 12) | |||||||||||
| Stockholders’ equity: | |||||||||||
| Preferred stock, par value $0.0001; 162 shares authorized as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021; no shares issued or outstanding at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 | — | — | |||||||||
| Common stock, par value $0.0001; 1,600 shares authorized as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021; 400 and 403 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively | — | — | |||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 3,644 | 4,211 | |||||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (184) | (24) | |||||||||
| Retained earnings | 13,615 | 9,958 | |||||||||
| Total stockholders’ equity | 17,075 | 14,145 | |||||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 27,609 | $ | 24,669 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
MODERNA, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Unaudited, in millions, except per share data)
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenue: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Product sales | $ | 5,925 | $ | 1,733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grant revenue | 126 | 194 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collaboration revenue | 15 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total revenue | 6,066 | 1,937 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of sales | 1,017 | 193 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Research and development | 554 | 401 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative | 268 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 1,839 | 671 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income from operations | 4,227 | 1,266 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest income | 15 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other expense, net | (13) | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income before income taxes | 4,229 | 1,260 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | 572 | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 3,657 | $ | 1,221 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earnings per share: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | 9.09 | $ | 3.05 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diluted | $ | 8.58 | $ | 2.84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weighted average common shares used in calculation of earnings per share: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic | 402 | 400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diluted | 426 | 430 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
MODERNA, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Unaudited, in millions)
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| 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 3,657 | $ | 1,221 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive loss, net of tax: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Available-for-sales securities: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unrealized losses on available-for-sale debt securities | (178) | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Less: net realized losses on available-for-sale securities reclassified in net income | 7 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net decrease from available-for-sale de |
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Item 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our unaudited financial information and related notes included in this Form 10-Q and our consolidated financial statements and related notes and other financial information in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on February 25, 2022 (the 2021 Form 10-K). Some of the information contained in this discussion and analysis or set forth elsewhere in this Form 10-Q, including information with respect to our plans and strategy for our business, includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. As a result of many factors, including those factors set forth in Part II, Item 1A - Risk Factors in this Form 10-Q, our actual results could differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and analysis.
Overview
We are a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines to create a new generation of transformative medicines to improve the lives of patients. Our platform builds on continuous advances in basic and applied mRNA science, delivery technology, and manufacturing, providing us the capability to pursue in parallel a robust pipeline of new development candidates. We are developing therapeutics and vaccines for infectious diseases, immuno-oncology, rare diseases, autoimmune diseases and cardiovascular diseases, independently and with our strategic collaborators. Within our platform, we develop technologies that enable the development of mRNA medicines for diverse applications. When we identify technologies that we believe could enable a new group of potential mRNA medicines with shared product features, we call that group a “modality.” We have created seven modalities to date:
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prophylactic vaccines;
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systemic secreted and cell surface therapeutics;
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cancer vaccines;
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intratumoral immuno-oncology;
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localized regenerative therapeutics;
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systemic intracellular therapeutics; and
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inhaled pulmonary therapeutics.
On December 18, 2020, we received an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the emergency use of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine (also referred to as mRNA-1273 and marketed under the brand name Spikevax) at the 100 µg dose level in individuals 18 years of age or older. Subsequently, we have also received authorization for our COVID-19 vaccine from health agencies in more than 70 countries and from the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, we have received authorization for a two-dose 100 µg primary series of our COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents aged 12-17 years in more than 40 countries. We have received authorization for a two-dose 50 µg primary series of our COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 6 to 11 in more than 35 countries. The FDA, European Medicines Agency (EMA), Swissmedic and other health agencies around the world have authorized a booster dose of our COVID-19 vaccine at the 50 µg dose level for adults ages 18 years and older.
Business Highlights and Recent Development
Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine
- Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine (mRNA-1273, Spikevax):** In January 2022, we received full commercial approval for Spikevax to prevent COVID-19 in individuals 18 years of age and older in the United States. Spikevax also has full commercial approval in individuals 18 years of age and older in Canada and the United Kingdom, and is approved or authorized in individuals 18 years and older in more than 70 countries (100 µg dose).
In March 2022, we received approval from the FDA to amend our EUA to allow for a second booster dose of our COVID-19 vaccine at the 50 µg dose level in adults 50 years of age and older who have received an initial booster of any of the authorized or approved COVID-19 vaccines and adults 18 years of age and older with certain kinds of immunocompromise.
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For the first quarter of 2022, we recognized product sales of $5.9 billion from sales of our COVID-19 vaccine, compared to $1.7 billion in the first quarter of 2021.
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Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine for adolescents and children:** In adolescents aged 12-17 years, the primary series (2 dose, 100 µg) of our COVID-19 vaccine is authorized in more than 40 countries. We made the decision to evaluate the potential of a two-dose 50 µg primary series to meet regulatory guidance for immunogenicity in adolescents. We are preparing to submit data for 50 µg COVID-19 boosters in this age group.
In children aged 6-11 years, the primary series (2 dose series, 50 µg) of our COVID-19 vaccine is authorized in more than 35 countries, including Australia, Canada and the EU. We are evaluating a 25 µg dose as a primary series and a booster dose in this age group.
In March 2022, we announced the Phase 2/3 KidCOVE study in children 6 months to under 6 years successfully met its primary endpoint. This interim analysis showed a robust neutralizing antibody response in both age groups after a two-dose 25 µg primary series of mRNA-1273 along with a favorable safety profile. Based on these data, in April 2022, we submitted an EUA request to the FDA for authorization of a two-dose 25 μg primary series of mRNA-1273 for children 6 months to under 6 years of age. Similar requests are underway with international regulatory authorities.
Additional Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Studies
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Omicron-specific booster candidate (mRNA-1273.529):** Our Omicron-specific booster candidate is being studied to evaluate the immunogenicity, safety and reactogenicity of mRNA-1273.529 as a single booster dose in adults aged 18 years and older in two cohorts: individuals who previously received the two-dose primary series of mRNA-1273 with the second dose being at least six months ago (cohort 1), or individuals who have received the two-dose primary series and a 50 µg booster dose of mRNA-1273 with the booster dose being at least three months ago (cohort 2). Participants in both cohorts will receive a single booster dose of mRNA-1273.529. In the U.S., a Phase 2 study of the Omicron-specific booster candidate (mRNA-1273.529) as a third or fourth dose is fully enrolled.
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Beta-specific bivalent booster (mRNA-1273.211):** mRNA-1273.211 includes mutations found in the Beta variant of concern, several of which have been persistent in more recent variants of concern, including Omicron. A 50 µg booster dose of mRNA-1273.211 demonstrated superiority compared to a 50 µg booster dose of mRNA-1273 against Beta, Delta and Omicron variants of concern one month after administration. Superiority continued six months after administration for Beta and Omicron variants of concern as well. A 50 µg booster dose of mRNA-1273.211 was generally well tolerated with a reactogenicity profile comparable to a booster dose of mRNA-1273 at the 50 µg dose level.
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Omicron-specific bivalent booster candidate (mRNA-1273.214):** mRNA-1273.214 is a bivalent candidate that combines Moderna’s Omicron-specific candidate (mRNA-1273.529) and mRNA-1273. mRNA-1273.214 is being evaluated in a Phase 2/3 study, and the first participant was dosed in March 2022. We expect initial data on mRNA-1273.214 in June 2022 to inform selection of our candidate for the Northern Hemisphere fall 2022 booster.
In the United Kingdom, enrollment is ongoing in a Phase 3 to evaluate Omicron-containing candidates as a third or fourth dose in individuals who received any primary series, including COVID-19 vaccinations from other manufacturers.
- Next-generation vaccine candidate against COVID-19 (mRNA-1283):** mRNA-1283 is a next-generation vaccine candidate against COVID-19 and is being developed as a potential refrigerator-stable mRNA vaccine that will facilitate easier distribution and administration by healthcare providers. In a Phase 1 study of mRNA-128
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Our market risks, and the way we manage them, are summarized in Part II, Item 7A, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” of our 2021 Form 10-K. There have been no material changes to our market risk or to our management of such risks for the three months ended March 31, 2022.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2022. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2022, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the three months ended March 31, 2022, which have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls
Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, believes that our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and are effective at the reasonable assurance level. However, our management does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well-conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of a simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by the collusion of two or more people or by a management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
PART II
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
We are involved in various claims and legal proceedings of a nature considered ordinary course in our business, including the intellectual property litigation described below. Most of the issues raised by these claims are highly complex and subject to substantial uncertainties. For a description of risks relating to these and other legal proceedings we face, see Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” of our 2021 Form 10-K filed in February 2022, including the discussion under the headings entitled “Risks related to our intellectual property,” and “Risks related to the manufacturing of our commercial products, development candidates, investigational medicines and our future pipeline.”
The outcome of any such proceedings, regardless of the merits, is inherently uncertain; therefore, assessing the likelihood of loss and any estimated damages is difficult and subject to considerable judgment. We describe below those legal matters for which a material loss is either (i) possible but not probable, and/or (ii) not reasonably estimable at this time.
Proceedings Related to Patents Owned by Arbutus
On February 28, 2022, Arbutus Biopharma Corporation (Arbutus) and Genevant Sciences GmbH (Genevant) filed a complaint against Moderna in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware asserting that Moderna’s manufacture, use, offer to sell, or sales within the United States (as well as importation into the United States) of its COVID-19 vaccine, or active inducement of the same, willfully infringes U.S. Patent Nos. 8,058,069, 8,492,359, 8,822,668, 9,364,435, 9,504,651, and 11,141,378, which concern lipid nanoparticles. The action is Arbutus Biopharma Corp. et al. v. Moderna Inc. et al., Case No. 1:22-cv-00252-MN (D. Del.). Arbutus and Genevant are not seeking to prevent or stop the marketing or sales of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine. The complaint seeks a judgment of infringement of the asserted patents, monetary damages (together with interest), costs and expenses of the lawsuit, and attorneys’ fees.
Proceedings Related to Patents Owned by Alnylam
On March 17, 2022, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Alnylam) filed a complaint against Moderna in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware asserting that Moderna’s manufacture, use, offer to sell, or sales within the United States (as well as import into the United States) of its COVID-19 vaccine, or active inducement of the same, infringes U.S. Patent No. 11,246,933, which issued on February 15, 2022, and concerns cationic lipids. The action is Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Moderna, Inc. et al., Case No. 1:22-cv-00335-CFC (D. Del.). Alnylam is not seeking to prevent or stop the marketing or sales of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine. The complaint seeks a judgment of infringement of the asserted patent, monetary damages (together with interest), costs and expenses of the lawsuit, and attorneys’ fees.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Information regarding risk and uncertainties related to our business appears in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of our 2021 Form 10-K. There have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in the 2021 Form 10-K other than set forth below.
We may encounter difficulties producing, shipping or successfully commercializing our COVID-19 vaccine consistent with our existing or potential contractual obligations, including due to changes in market dynamics or delays or difficulties experienced by our commercial partners.
In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, we are continuing to pursue the rapid manufacture, distribution and clinical testing of our COVID-19 vaccine (mRNA-1273), which is our only commercial product and source of product revenues. We may encounter difficulties producing the vaccine on the timelines and in the quantities set forth in our existing or future supply agreements. We may also be unsuccessful in entering into contracts for future sales of COVID-19 vaccines. Our ability to commercialize an effective vaccine depends on our manufacturing capability, both at our own manufacturing facility and those of our manufacturing partners, which we rapidly scaled in response to the pandemic. We are committing substantial financial resources and personnel to the development, manufacture and distribution of our COVID-19 vaccine, including to support the scale-up of manufacturing to enable our pandemic response, which may cause delays in or otherwise negatively impact our other development programs. We may need to, or the U.S. government may require us to, divert resources and capital from our other programs to the production of COVID-19 vaccines.
We do not have sufficient internal manufacturing infrastructure to support the global roll-out of our COVID-19 vaccine on our own. We have entered into strategic collaborations for the production, as well as for commercial fill-finish manufacturing, of our COVID-19 vaccine to supply markets both in and outside the United States. We may need to engage additional collaborators in the future, including contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs), government and non-government organizations, and other manufacturing partners, to assist in meeting our capacity needs. If we cannot enter into such arrangements on favorable terms, or at all, our ability to develop, manufacture and distribute our COVID-19 vaccine would be adversely affected.
Prior to 2020, we had not ramped up our organization for a commercial launch of any product, and doing so during a pandemic with an urgent, critical global need poses additional challenges, such as setting up distribution channels, building global teams with specialized skills, and managing potential intellectual property disputes or challenges. We may also face challenges sourcing a sufficient amount of raw materials to support the demand for our COVID-19 vaccine. We may be unable to effectively create a supply chain for the vaccine to adequately support demand as we rely on our third-party collaborators being able to fulfill demand. For example, we have in the past and may in the future experience international shipping delays as our supply chain expands and grows more complex. Any capacity or production issues or delays experienced by our collaborators may cause us to fail to meet certain product volume or delivery timing obligations under our COVID-19 supply agreements. Furthermore, we expect to continue to make significant investments in our manufacturing capacity and commercial network as we continue to expand our commercial launch efforts.
Additionally, evolving dynamics in the market for COVID-19 vaccines are likely to impact our results. For example, we anticipate that our product mix will shift from a two-dose 100 µg primary series to 50 µg booster doses as COVID-19 evolves to an endemic phase, with greater seasonality of sales linked to the fall and winter season in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. As a result of this change in product mix, we will likely require lower levels of raw materials and production capacity as the market shifts to seasonal booster doses. This change in product mix and evolving market dynamics will require us to purchase fewer raw materials and scale back our manufacturing operations with contract manufacturers, which have in the past and may in the future result in increased costs associated with exiting commitments with suppliers, as well as charges to write off unused inventory. If we are unable to effectively manage evolving demand dynamics, our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects may be negatively impacted.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The following table provides information with respect to the shares of common stock repurchased by us during the three months ended March 31, 2022:
| Period | Total Number of Shares Purchased | Average Price Paid per Share (1) | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Program | Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Program (in millions) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| January 1 - January 31, 2022 (2) | 604,018 | $ | 236.33 | 4,092,160 | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| February 1 - February 28, 2022 | — | $ | — | — | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| March 1 - March 31, 2022 (3) | 3,211,425 | $ | 149.46 | 3,211,425 | $ | 2,520 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 3,815,443 |
(1) Average price paid per share includes related expenses.
(2) Relates to our 2021 Repurchase Program
(3) Relates to our 2022 Repurchase Program
Refer to Note 13 to condensed consolidated financial statements for information regarding our share repurchase programs.
Item 6. Exhibits
The Exhibits listed below are filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Form 10-Q.
| * | Filed herewith |
| † | Portions of this exhibit (indicated by asterisks) have been omitted in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. | ||||
| # | Indicates a management contract or any compensatory plan, contract or arrangement. | ||||
| + | The certification furnished in Exhibit 32.1 hereto is deemed to accompany this Form 10-Q and will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except to the extent that the Registrant specifically incorporates it by reference. | ||||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| MODERNA, INC. | |||||||||||
| Date: | By: | /s/ Stéphane Bancel | |||||||||
| May 4, 2022 | |||||||||||
| Stéphane Bancel | |||||||||||
| Chief Executive Officer and Director | |||||||||||
| (Principal Executive Officer) | |||||||||||
| Date: | By: | /s/ David W. Meline | |||||||||
| May 4, 2022 | |||||||||||
| David W. Meline | |||||||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | |||||||||||
| (Principal Financial Officer) | |||||||||||