Credit: REUTERS/BRIAN SNYDERAug 28 (Reuters) - Moderna Inc MRNA.O said on Friday it was in talks with Japan's government to potentially supply 40 million or more doses of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
The vaccine candidate, mRNA-1273, would be supplied by Moderna and distributed in Japan by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd 4502.T, beginning in the first half of 2021, if it receives regulatory approval.
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