FRANKFURT, Nov 22 (Reuters) – Moderna will cost governments between $25 and $37 per dose of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, relying on the quantity ordered, Chief Government Stephane Bancel informed German weekly Welt am Sonntag (WamS).

“Our vaccine subsequently prices about the identical as a flu shot, which is between $10 and $50,” he was quoted as saying.

On Monday, an EU official concerned within the talks mentioned the European Fee needed to succeed in a take care of Moderna for the availability of hundreds of thousands of doses of its vaccine candidate for a worth beneath $25 per dose.

“Nothing is signed but, however we’re near a take care of the EU Fee. We wish to ship to Europe and are in constructive talks,” Bancel informed WamS, including it was only a “matter of days” till a contract could be prepared.

Moderna has mentioned its experimental vaccine is 94.5% efficient in stopping COVID-19, based mostly on interim knowledge from a late-stage medical trial, changing into the second developer to report outcomes that far exceeded expectations after Pfizer and its associate BioNTech.

The EU has been in talks with Moderna for its experimental COVID-19 vaccine no less than since July. (Reporting by Christoph Steitz; Enhancing by Mark Potter)