Wipro Founder Invests In US Firm Moderna

Update: 2020-05-21 05:07 GMT
According to the company sources, Wipro founder-chairman Azim Premji has invested in the US-based biotech company, Moderna that has emerged a front-runner to make a vaccine to curb the novel coronavirus.

It is said that the investment was in the range of 25-30 million dollars and was done a few years ago.

"With today's positive interim Phase 1 data and the positive data in the mouse challenge model, the Moderna team continue to focus on moving as fast as safely possible to start our pivotal Phase 3 study in July and, if successful, file a BLA.," Stephane Bancel, Chief Executive Officer at Moderna said in a statement.

As of now, several corporate giants are investing in finding the vaccine for the virus. Well, the promising results of Moderna gave hope to people across the globe.
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