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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, 2024
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.) | ||||||||||
| 325 Binney Street | |||||||||||
| Cambridge, | Massachusetts | 02142 | |||||||||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(617) 714-6500
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
200 Technology Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
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 ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company”, and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filer | ☒ | Accelerated filer o | Non-accelerated filer o | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Emerging growth company | ☐ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐ No ☒
As of April 26, 2024, there were 383,239,726 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) contains express or implied forward-looking statements. All statements other than those of historical facts contained in this Form 10-Q are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. 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 that we may develop, including in response to variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, ongoing clinical development, manufacturing and supply, pricing, commercialization, regulatory matters (including authorization or approval for updated vaccines), demand for COVID-19 vaccines, our provisions for product returns, and third-party and governmental arrangements and potential arrangements;
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our expectations regarding the endemic and seasonal commercial market for COVID-19 vaccines and our preparations for and ability to effectively compete in such a market, as well as the impact that the evolving market will have on our financial returns;
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expected sales and delivery of our COVID-19 vaccine in future periods, and expected seasonality for sales;
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mRNA-1283’s design to be refrigerator-stable and its potential for paving the way for a combination vaccine;
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our expectations regarding regulatory approvals for our respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine candidate (mRNA-1345), and the U.S. ACIP recommendation in 2024, and plans for commercialization of this product;
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our financing arrangement with Blackstone Life Sciences, and other funding options we may consider as part of our research and development strategy;
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our ability to successfully contract with third-party suppliers, distributors and manufacturers;
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our ability and the ability of third parties with whom we contract to successfully manufacture, supply and distribute our COVID-19 vaccine and any future 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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internal and external costs associated with manufacturing our products, including our COVID-19 vaccine, and the impact on our cost of sales, and our anticipated 2024 cost of sales as a percentage of net product sales;
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the scope of protection we are able to establish and maintain for intellectual property rights covering our commercial products, product candidates and technology, including our ability to enter into license agreements, and our expectations regarding pending legal proceedings related to our intellectual property;
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the potential of our individualized neoantigen therapy (INT) program and our plans for the program, including to expand to additional tumor types;
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the timing of initiation, progress, completion, results and cost of our clinical trials, preclinical studies and research and development programs, as well as those of our collaborators;
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participant enrollment in our clinical trials, including enrollment demographics and timing;
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potential advantages of mRNA as compared to traditional medicine;
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our ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approval of our product candidates;
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the implementation of our business model and strategic plans for our business, products, product candidates and technology;
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potential product launches, including the timing of launches;
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our ability to successfully commercialize our products, if approved;
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the pricing and reimbursement of our medicines, if approved;
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the build out of our manufacturing and commercial operations;
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estimates of our future expenses, revenues and capital requirements;
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our operation and funding requirements, including our forecast of the period of time through which our financial resources will be adequate to support our operations;
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the potential benefits of strategic collaboration agreements and our ability to enter into strategic collaborations or other agreements with collaborators with development, regulatory and commercialization expertise;
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our financial performance;
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our tax provision and related tax liabilities;
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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 product candidates with advantages in turnaround times or manufacturing cost; and
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developments relating to our competitors and our industry.
Forward-looking statements often contain words 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. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, these statements relate to future events or our operational or financial performance, and involve risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. 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 and under Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. If one or more of these risks or uncertainties occur, or if our underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements in this Form 10-Q represent our views as of the date of this Form 10-Q. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, except as required by applicable securities 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. However, any further disclosures made on related subjects in our subsequent reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission should be consulted.
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 that their respective owners will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, their rights thereto. We do not intend our reference to 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, and our Statements and Perspectives webpage, https://investors.modernatx.com/Statements--Perspectives/default.aspx; as well as our social media channels: Facebook, www.facebook.com/modernatx; X, www.twitter.com/moderna_tx (@moderna_tx); LinkedIn, www.linkedin.com/company/modernatx; Instagram (@moderna_tx); and Threads (@moderna_tx) 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, corporate blog and social media channels shall not be deemed incorporated into, or be a part of, this Form 10-Q.
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