MRNA 10-K & 10-Q changes, risk factors and insider trading
Moderna, Inc. · Nasdaq · Biological Products, (No Diagnostic Substances) · CIK 1682852 · All filings on SEC.gov
At a glance
What changed in the latest 10-K
Risk Factors
New heading “Regulatory and market uncertainty have and may continue to impact our business and the markets for our products.”
New heading “We may experience difficulties executing our near-term strategy and prioritized pipeline.”
New heading “The vaccine market, and pharmaceutical market more generally, is intensely competitive, and we may be unable to compete effectively in the market for existing or new products, treatment methods or technologies.”
New heading “Federal legislative and regulatory efforts to implement reference pricing or most-favored-nation pricing models and other, similar regulatory actions could impact our product revenues and materially harm our business.”
New heading “Although we have obtained rare pediatric disease designation for mRNA-3927, we may not be eligible to receive a priority review voucher in the event the FDA determines we no longer meet the criteria for designation, revokes the designation or FDA approval does not occur by September 30, 2029.”
New heading “Failure to comply with the covenants in our credit agreement could adversely affect our business”
New heading “Changes in tariffs and other governmental trade policies could negatively affect our business and results of operations.”
Removed heading “Uncertainty and evolving dynamics in the markets for COVID and RSV vaccines, and respiratory vaccines more generally, have in the past impacted and are likely to continue to impact our financial results.”
Removed heading “The vaccine market, and pharmaceutical market more generally, is intensely competitive, and we may not compete effectively in the market for existing or new products, treatment methods or technologies.”
Removed heading “We may be unsuccessful in executing our cost efficiency and portfolio prioritization efforts.”
Removed heading “We may be unsuccessful or delayed in updating our COVID vaccine to protect against future variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.”
Largest changes
“The development and use of GenAI and other AI technologies (collectively, AI Technologies), together with an uncertain and rapidly evolving global regulatory landscape, pose risks that could harm our reputation, expose us to liability, increase compliance costs, or otherwise adversely affect our business. …”see in full comparison
Our internal computer systems and infrastructure and those of our strategic collaborators, vendors, contractors, consultants or regulators with whom we share confidential, protected or sensitive data or information, or upon which our business relies, are vulnerable to damage from computer viruses, unauthorized access, misuse, natural disasters, terrorism, cybersecurity threats, war and telecommunication and electrical failures, as well as security compromises or data breaches, which may compromise our systems, infrastructure, data or that of those with whom we share such data or information or upon which our business relies, or lead to data compromise, misuse, misappropriation or leakage. We have experienced, and may experience additional, cyber-attacks on our information technology systems and infrastructure by threat actors of all types (including nation states, criminal enterprises, individual actors or advanced persistent threat groups). Bad actors around the world use increasingly sophisticated methods, including the use of artificial intelligence, to engage in illegal activities involving the theft and misuse of personal information, confidential information and intellectual property. In addition, the use of generative AI models in our internal or third-party systems may create new attack surfaces or methods for adversaries, which could impact us and our vendors. Any of these effects could damage our reputation, result in the loss of valuable property and information, cause us to breach applicable laws and regulations, and adversely impact our business. In addition, we may experience intrusions on our physical premises by these threat actors. In addition to extracting sensitive information, such attacks could include the deployment of harmful malware, ransomware, digital extortion, business email compromises and denial-of-service attacks, social engineering (including phishing attacks) and other means to affect server reliability and threaten the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information, systems or infrastructure. If any such cyber-attack or physical intrusion against us or those with whom we share confidential, protected or sensitive data or information, or upon which our business relies, were to result in a loss of or damage to our data, systems or infrastructure, or interrupt our operations, such as a material disruption of our development programs or our manufacturing operations, or due to a loss of any of our proprietary or confidential information, it would have a material adverse effect on us. For example, the loss of clinical trial data could delay our regulatory approval efforts and increase our costs to recover or reproduce the data. In addition, because we run multiple clinical trials in parallel, any breach or compromise of our computer systems or infrastructure or physical premises may result in a loss of data or compromised data integrity across multiple programs in many stages of development. While we seek to take steps to address cybersecurity risks, our efforts may not wholly mitigate such risks. Further, our contracts may not contain limitations of liability, and even where they do, there can be no assurance that limitations of liability in our contracts are sufficient to protect us from liabilities, damages or claims related to our privacy and data security obligations. Further, although we maintain cyber liability insurance, this insurance may not provide adequate coverage against potential liabilities related to any experienced cybersecurity incident or breach.see in full comparison
“Regulators and legislators are also increasingly scrutinizing and restricting certain personal data transfers and transactions involving foreign countries. For example, the Department of Justice’s January 8, 2025, rule on “Preventing Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern or Covered Persons,” prohibits data brokerage transactions involving certain sensitive personal data categories, including health data, genetic data, and biospecimens, to countries of concern, including China. …”see in full comparison
“We compete with well-established, larger pharmaceutical companies for sales of our products, including against Pfizer and Sanofi for sales of our COVID vaccine and Pfizer and GSK for our RSV vaccine. These competitors (and others against whom we may compete now or in the future) have greater resources and experience than us across all stages of drug development and commercialization. For example, in 2024, our share of the COVID vaccine market declined due in part to increased commercial competition. …”see in full comparison
“The development and use of GenAI and other AI technologies (collectively, AI Technologies), along with an uncertain regulatory landscape, pose risks that could harm our reputation, expose us to liability or otherwise adversely affect our business. The integration of AI Technologies into our and our vendors’ systems (potentially without the vendor disclosing such use to us) subjects us to the risk that the providers of AI Technologies may not meet existing or rapidly evolving regulatory or industry standards with respect to privacy and data protection. …”see in full comparison
“A failure to comply with the covenants in our credit agreement with lenders led by Ares Capital Corporation, as administrative agent, could result in an event of default, which, if not cured or waived, could have a material, adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. …”see in full comparison
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Regulatory and market uncertainty have and may continue to impact our business and the markets for our products.
Our ability to successfully commercialize our approved vaccines and any future products depends in part on evolving regulatory requirements, public health recommendations and market acceptance. In 2025, changes at U.S. regulatory agencies impacted policies and priorities related to our industry. For example, changes in FDA regulatory policies, post-marketing safety monitoring, and evidentiary expectations, as well as CDC and Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations regarding eligibility, target populations, and vaccination practices, may have affected and may continue to affect demand for our vaccines. Some of these changes, including new post-marketing commitments, have impacted and may in the future impact our costs. Ongoing regulatory uncertainty and evolving regulatory and public health guidance could impact future approvals, advisory committee recommendations, acceptance and demand for our existing or future products.
Vaccination rates in the future may also be lower than our expectations due to other factors, including viral evolution, medical need and consumer motivation to vaccinate. These and other factors may make it difficult to accurately forecast vaccination rates for our products. If demand for COVID vaccines continues to decline, we lose significant market share, or our products are subject to significant competitive pricing pressure, our product sales may not materialize consistent with our projections. Beyond COVID, we have experienced challenges in the RSV market, in part due to advisory committee recommendations that were more limited than anticipated.
Furthermore, our decisions regarding seasonal vaccine development, including for COVID-19, will be informed by annual guidance from the FDA and foreign regulators, which may impact the timing of development for our COVID vaccines. Different regulators have in the past and may in the future issue varying guidance regarding vaccine composition or populations who should receive a vaccine. Additionally, if our efforts to develop variant-specific vaccines are delayed or not as successful as our competitors’, we could suffer reputational harm, loss of market share and adverse financial results. We may expend significant resources adapting our vaccines or conducting clinical trials to protect against variants, but a market for our adapted vaccines may fail to develop or demand may not align with our projections or cost expenditures.
We may experience difficulties executing our near-term strategy and prioritized pipeline.
While we expect to launch multiple new products over the next several years, our ability to commercialize our pipeline is subject to many risks, including those described elsewhere in these Risk Factors under “Risks related to our pipeline, product development and regulatory review” and “Risks related to the manufacturing of our commercial products and product candidates.” If we do not successfully execute our near-term plan for growing our infectious disease vaccine franchise, our ability to invest in our pipeline, including our oncology and rare disease programs, may suffer.
Furthermore, our broad clinical success and post-pandemic commercial challenges have necessitated a more selective and paced approach to our research and development investment. If we do not successfully implement our cost efficiency and prioritization programs, we may fail to meet our cash breakeven goal. Additionally, as we pursue development of our prioritized programs, we may forego or delay pursuit of other opportunities that could prove to have greater commercial potential. If our prioritized programs are unsuccessful, or not as successful as others could have been, we may be unable to realize a sustainable return on our investments and or achieve long-term growth.
The vaccine market, and pharmaceutical market more generally, is intensely competitive, and we may be unable to compete effectively in the market for existing or new products, treatment methods or technologies.
We compete with larger, well-established and experienced pharmaceutical companies for sales of our products, including against Pfizer and Sanofi for sales of our COVID vaccines and Pfizer and GSK for our RSV vaccine. Additionally, we have been excluded from selling our COVID vaccines in many European markets due to a competitor’s contract with the European Commission, which does not lapse until year-end 2026. For RSV vaccines, we entered a market already occupied by two larger competitors and may continue to face difficulties achieving market share. These competitors have exploited and may in the future exploit their greater size, infrastructure, resources and experience to gain advantages in contracting with customers by, among other things, bundling their products, leveraging larger supply chains and greater purchasing power and utilizing their global networks.
More generally, the pharmaceutical market is highly competitive and certain of the disease areas we are targeting present particularly high competitive risk. For example, the oncology market is intensely competitive, innovative and fast-moving. Other companies, academic institutions, governmental agencies and public and private research organizations are developing products that may compete with programs in our development pipeline. These competitors may have products that have already been approved and accepted by the medical community or are in later stages of development. For example, we are developing a seasonal flu vaccine, for which there is a well-developed market, and we may need to offer more favorable terms to gain market share (which we may be unable to do), which may negatively impact our profitability. Additionally, competitive products may make any products we develop obsolete or noncompetitive before we can recover the expenses of developing and commercializing our products. In oncology, standards of care often evolve rapidly, and changes during the development or commercialization of our product candidates could reduce their clinical relevance, complicate clinical trial design, increase development costs or timelines, or limit commercial adoption, even for programs that show promising early results.
Additionally, our products may struggle to compete against competitors’ products for a variety of reasons, including relative safety and effectiveness, degree of any side effects, shelf-life, ease of administration and the extent to which patients accept relatively new routes of administration, the timing and scope of regulatory approvals, the availability and cost of manufacturing, distribution, marketing and sales capabilities, price, reimbursement coverage and patent protection. Even if our products demonstrate superiority to competitors’ products, consumers and retailers may fail to appreciate that benefit, or existing purchase commitments with competitors may discourage them from purchasing from us. These factors, or the perception of these factors, could lead to a competitor’s product being more successfully commercialized. Further, the mRNA medicines field is growing rapidly, with increased competitive pressure from large and more established pharmaceutical companies. The actual or perceived success or failure of others may adversely impact our ability to commercialize our products. See “Business—Government Regulation—Coverage and reimbursement.”
Uncertainty and evolving dynamics in the markets for COVID and RSV vaccines, and respiratory vaccines more generally, have in the past impacted and are likely to continue to impact our financial results.
There is significant uncertainty around the amount of future revenue we will recognize from sales of our COVID vaccine—which is our primary source of revenue—as well as sales of RSV and other respiratory vaccines. Accurately forecasting vaccination rates for our products, which directly impacts overall market size, has been difficult, and these difficulties may persist. Vaccination rates in the future may also be lower than our expectations, and are likely to be impacted by a number of factors, including public health authority recommendations, medical need, viral evolution and consumer motivation to vaccinate. Additionally, the recent Presidential election in the U.S. may impact policies and priorities related to our industry.
In 2024, we recognized $3.1 billion of product sales, compared to $6.7 billion, $18.4 billion and $17.7 billion in 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively. If demand for COVID vaccines continues to decline, we lose significant market share, or our products are subject to significant competitive pricing pressure, our product sales may not materialize consistent with our projections. Beyond COVID vaccines, in 2024, the overall RSV vaccine market was smaller than anticipated, in part due to recommendations from the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding the frequency of vaccination and recommendations related to who, in terms of age or risk factors, should receive an RSV vaccine. These recommendations were more limited than anticipated and future advisory committee recommendations (including with respect to RSV re-vaccination and age group recommendations) may continue to negatively impact the size of the market. If we cannot effectively manage evolving market dynamics, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may suffer.
We have experienced commercial challenges and are likely tomay experience additional challenges in the future.
We face risks and uncertainties related to successfully commercializing our products. ForIn example,the in 2024, we facedpast, commercial challenges thathave led to lower-than-expected sales and required us to adapt our business strategy. We experienced difficulties maintaining our COVID vaccine market share and gaining market share in the U.S. for our RSV vaccine, where we were third to market. Moving forward, we may need to dedicate greater resources to our commercial efforts than we anticipate, and we may not realize a return on this investment. Additionally, we may be unsuccessful in accurately anticipating future rates of return for our products, which may adversely impact our accounting estimates.
The vaccine market, and pharmaceutical market more generally, is intensely competitive, and we may not compete effectively in the market for existing or new products, treatment methods or technologies.
We compete with well-established, larger pharmaceutical companies for sales of our products, including against Pfizer and Sanofi for sales of our COVID vaccine and Pfizer and GSK for our RSV vaccine. These competitors (and others against whom we may compete now or in the future) have greater resources and experience than us across all stages of drug development and commercialization. For example, in 2024, our share of the COVID vaccine market declined due in part to increased commercial competition. Additionally, we faced continued exclusion from many European markets by a pandemic-era competitor contract with the European Commission. For RSV vaccines, we entered a market already occupied by two larger competitors and may continue to face difficulties achieving market share. These competitors have exploited and may in the future exploit their greater size, infrastructure, resources and experience to gain advantages in contracting with customers by, among other things, bundling their products, leveraging larger supply chains and greater purchasing power and utilizing their global networks.
More generally, the pharmaceutical market is intensely competitive and evolving. Other companies, academic institutions, governmental agencies and public and private research organizations are developing products that may compete with programs in our development pipeline. These competitors may have products that have already been approved and accepted by the medical community or are in later stages of development. For example, we are developing a seasonal flu vaccine, for which there is a well-developed market, and we may be unsuccessful in developing a product or achieving market share. We may need to offer more favorable terms to gain market share (which we may be unable to do), which may negatively impact our profitability. Additionally, competitive products may make any products we develop obsolete or noncompetitive before we can recover the expenses of developing and commercializing our products.
Additionally, any products that we develop may struggle to compete against those of our competitors for a variety of reasons, including relative safety and effectiveness, degree of any side effects, shelf-life, ease of administration and the extent to which patients accept relatively new routes of administration, the timing and scope of regulatory approvals, the availability and cost of manufacturing, distribution, marketing and sales capabilities, price, reimbursement coverage and patent protection. Even if our products demonstrate superiority to those of competitors, consumers, retailers and the public may fail to appreciate that benefit, or existing purchase commitments for a competitor’s product may discourage them from purchasing from us. These factors, or the perception of these factors, could lead to a competitor’s product being more successfully commercialized. Further, the mRNA medicines field is growing rapidly, with increased competitive pressure from large and more established pharmaceutical companies. The actual or perceived success or failure of others may adversely impact our ability to commercialize our products.
We may be unsuccessful in executing our cost efficiency and portfolio prioritization efforts.
Our broad clinical success and recent commercial challenges have necessitated a more selective and paced approach to our research and development investment. If we do not successfully implement our cost efficiency and prioritization programs, we may fail to meet our cash breakeven goals. Furthermore, as we pursue and fund the development of our prioritized programs, we may forego or delay pursuit of other opportunities that could later prove to have greater commercial potential. If our prioritized programs are unsuccessful, or not as successful as other programs could have been, we may be unable to realize a sustainable return on our investments and or achieve long-term growth.
We may be unsuccessful or delayed in updating our COVID vaccine to protect against future variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
New SARS-CoV-2 strains may be more transmissible or cause more severe disease than earlier strains. Our COVID vaccines could be ineffective, or less effective than desired, in protecting against these new variants. Additionally, our decisions regarding vaccine development will be informed by guidance from the FDA and foreign regulators, which may impact the timing of development for our COVID vaccines. Different regulators have in the past and may in the future issue varying guidance regarding vaccine composition or populations who should receive a vaccine. If our efforts to develop variant-specific vaccines are not as successful as our competitors’, we could suffer reputational harm, loss of market share and adverse financial results. Additionally, we may expend significant resources adapting our vaccines or conducting clinical trials to protect against variants, but a market for our adapted vaccines may fail to develop or demand may not align with our projections or cost expenditures.
•whether our product presentation meets customer demand (e.g., for single-dose presentations, or combination vaccines);
Even if a potential product displayscandidate shows a favorable efficacy and safety profile in clinical trials, market acceptance will be unknown until after it is launched. Our efforts to educate the medical community and third-party payors on the benefits of our products may require significant resources and may never be successful.
Sales of pharmaceutical products in general depends to a significant extentdepend on adequate coverage, pricing and reimbursement from third-party payors. When a new product is approved, the availability and extent of government and private reimbursement, and the pricing, for that product may be uncertain. Additionally, pricing and reimbursement for any product we develop may be adversely affected by various factors, including:
Additionally, target patient populations for some of our product candidates may be small (e.g., for rare genetic diseases) or require individual customization (e.g., for ourintismeran INTsautogene). The pricing and reimbursement of our medicines, if approved, must be adequate to support commercial infrastructure. If we cannot obtain adequate levels of reimbursement, we may be unable to successfully market and sell our products. TheFurther, manner and level at whichinadequate reimbursement is provided for services related to our products (e.g., for administration to patients) is also important. Inadequate reimbursement for such services may discourage physicians from prescribing or recommending our products, adversely affecting our ability to market or sell those products.
Federal legislative and regulatory efforts to implement reference pricing or most-favored-nation pricing models and other, similar regulatory actions could impact our product revenues and materially harm our business.
On May 12, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order calling on pharmaceutical manufacturers to voluntarily reduce the prices of medicines in the U.S. and directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to communicate price targets to pharmaceutical manufacturers to align prices with those in comparably developed nations, an approach commonly referred to as "most-favored-nation" (MFN) pricing and, in the event significant progress towards MFN pricing is not delivered, to propose rulemaking to impose MFN pricing.
MFN pricing models in the U.S. could also affect our international pricing strategy and future decisions on reimbursement and commercialization in certain jurisdictions. If our U.S. pricing becomes tied to international reference prices, we may face decisions regarding pricing in foreign markets that could result in reduced patient access internationally, affect our relationships with foreign regulatory authorities and payers, or impact our ability to obtain or maintain reimbursement approvals in ex-U.S. markets.
These reforms remain subject to change, potential legal challenges, or expansion through additional rulemaking or sub‑regulatory guidance, creating uncertainty for our overall pricing strategy. It remains to be seen whether and how these drug pricing initiatives will apply to our products, how they will affect the broader pharmaceutical industry, and whether similar reform measures may be adopted in the future.
We focus certain of our research and product development activities on treatments for severe rare genetic diseases, where the patient populations are small and difficult to ascertain or small.ascertain. Additionally, our products may only be approved for certain populations or lines of treatment.
Our estimates of addressable patient populations are based on our beliefs,beliefs and have beenare derived from a variety of sources, including scientific literature, surveys of clinics, patient foundations or market research, and may prove to be incorrect. Further, new studies may change the estimated incidence or prevalence of these diseases. The number of trial participants may be lower than expected and potential clinical trial participants or patients may not be otherwise amenable to treatment with our product candidates or products, or new clinical trial participants or patients may become increasingly difficult to identify or gain access to. Even if we obtain significant market share for our products, if approved, because the potential target populations are small, these medicines may never be profitable. Furthermore, the size of markets that we target may be impacted by health authority recommendations regarding who should receive our products, which may be impacted by the new U.S. federal government administration.
Additionally, the process of obtaining marketing approvals is expensive, time-consuming and uncertain, and can vary substantially based on many factors, including the type, complexity and novelty of the product candidates involved. Changes in marketing approval policies during the development period, changes in law or changes in regulatory review may delay the review of a submitted product application. The FDA and foreign regulators have substantial discretion in the approval process and may refuse to accept any marketing approval application or may decide that our data are insufficient for marketing approval and require additional preclinical, clinical or other studies. In addition, varying interpretations of the data obtained from preclinical and clinical testing could delay, limit or prevent marketing approval of a product candidate. Additional delays or non-approval may result if an FDA advisory committee or other regulator recommends non-approval or restrictions on approval.
For example, recent FDA policy updates regarding COVID vaccine approvals and the evidence expected for certain populations could require additional clinical data or trials to support broader indications, delay approvals or supplemental applications, or result in more limited labeled populations, which could adversely affect the timing and scope of commercialization for our COVID vaccines, including updated or variant-adapted formulations.
The FDA and comparable foreign regulators have substantial discretion in the approval process and may refuse to accept any marketing approval application or may decide that our data are insufficient for marketing approval and require additional preclinical, clinical or other studies. In addition, varying interpretations of the data obtained from preclinical and clinical testing could delay, limit or prevent marketing approval of a product candidate. Additional delays or non-approval may result if an FDA advisory committee or other regulator recommends non-approval or restrictions on approval.
Clinical testing is expensive, complex and lengthy, and its outcome is inherently uncertain. Most product candidates that commence clinical trials are never approved as products. Although we have demonstrated historical success with our platform technology, we may not continue to realize the same levels of success with clinical trials in the future. We and our strategic collaborators also may experience unforeseen events during, or as a result of, any clinical trials that we or they conduct that could delay or prevent us or them from successfully developing our product candidates and gaining approval from regulators. EventsSuch that might prevent us from proceeding with clinical trialsevents could include:
•adverse side effects could be observed in future clinical trials where our product candidates are administered in combination with other therapies (such as the co-administration of ourintismeran INT product candidate, mRNA-4157autogene);
There are many clinical and manufacturing challenges specific to ourintismeran INT product candidatesautogene and any other neoantigen cancer vaccinestherapies we may develop. These risks include a rapid production turn-around time measured in weeks in order to supply patients in our clinical trials before further progression and mutation of their tumors, the significant costs incurred in making individualized medicines and potential lack of immune responses due to the biology of the tumor or patient’s immune status of the patient.status. These risks apply to our INT product candidatesintismeran and other neoepitope investigational medicine programs.
Additionally, there may be challenges in delivering an adequate quantity of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) required to drive efficacy due to the limitation in volume of API that can be delivered to a specific location, like a tumor or injured tissue. Our investigational therapies for local injections often require specialized skills for conducting a clinical trial that could delay clinical trials or slow or impair commercialization of a product due to the poor adoption of injected local therapeutics. In addition, the uncertain translatability of target selection from preclinical animal models, including mouse and non-human primate models,models to successful clinical trial results is uncertain and may be impossible,fail, particularly for systemic therapies and cancer vaccines.antigen therapies. In general, several biological steps are required for delivery of mRNA to translate into therapeutically active medicines. These processing steps may differ between individuals or tissues, potentially leading to variable levels of therapeutic protein, variable activity, immunogenicity or variable distribution to tissues for a therapeutic effect. Gene therapies and mRNA medicines may activateelicit oneinnate or moreadaptive immune responses against any and all components ofto the drug product (e.g., the mRNA or themRNA, delivery vehicle,vehicle (such as an LNP) as well as againstor the encoded protein, givingwhich risecould toresult potentialin adverse events or reduced tolerability. In certain settings, immune reactionresponses related adverse events. Eliciting an immune response againstto the encoded protein maylimit impedethe oureffectiveness abilityor todurability achieveof atreatment, pharmacologic effectincluding upon repeat administrationadministration, or arequire sidechanges effect.to dosing, formulation or clinical development plans.
Enrolling participants in our clinical trials is critical to our success. Difficulties or delays in enrolling a sufficient number of clinical trial participants maycould result in increasedincrease costs or affectimpact the timing or outcome of our planned clinical trials, which could prevent trial completion and adversely affect our ability to advance the development of and obtain regulatory approval for our product candidates. Participant enrollment is affected by many factors, including:
Participant enrollment is affected by many factors, including:
•size of the patient population;
•size of the patient population and eligibility criteria for the clinical trial in question, including age-based eligibility criteria limiting subject enrollment to adolescent or pediatric populations;
•availability of competing therapies and clinical trials, and clinicians’ and participants’ perceptions of the relative advantages, risks and side effects of our product candidates compared to other available therapies, including any new drugs or treatments;
•availability of competing therapies and clinical trials;
•clinicians’ and trial participants’ perceptions as to the potential advantages and side effects of the product candidate being studied in relation to other available therapies, including any new drugs or treatments that may be approved for the indications we are investigating;
•adverse results or other adverse safety signals in our trials or related to other product candidates, and theany resulting negative publicity, which could discourage potential clinical trial participants and their doctorsphysicians from participating in our trials; and
Additionally, we may have limited or no ability to influence enrollment in clinical trials where our collaborators control clinical development. Even if we or our strategic collaborators cansuccessfully enroll clinical trial participants, theresome ismay no guarantee that such participants will ultimatelynot be dosed as part of, or complete,complete a clinicalthe trial.
mRNA drug development hasinvolves substantial clinical development and regulatory risksrisks, dueand tonegative the novel natureperceptions of thisour newplatform, class of medicines,products and the negative perception of the efficacy, safety or tolerability profile of any product candidates that we or others develop could adversely affect our business and ability to conduct our business, advance our product candidates or obtain regulatory approvals.
Very fewFew mRNA medicines have been authorized or approved to date by the FDA or other regulators, and efficacy, safetysafety, tolerability and immunogenicity data and real-world evidence with respect to mRNA medicines continue to accumulate. We may observe new, more frequent or more severe adverse events in subjects participating in ongoing clinical trialstrial participants or among individuals vaccinated with mRNA vaccines.individuals. For example, some studies have suggested that our COVID vaccineSpikevax may be associated with higher rates of myocarditis and pericarditis in young males compared to other COVID vaccines. Myocarditis and pericarditis have also been reported following vaccination with other COVID vaccines, including mNEXSPIKE. If similar observations are made in recipients of our other products or product candidates, or if other unexpected safety issues arise, we could suffer significant damage to our reputation and that of our mRNA platform. Such events could lead to other issues, including delays in our other programs, the need to re-design our clinical trials and the need for significant additional financial resources. In addition, the FDA and other regulators may interpret data from our clinical trials differently than we do and such agencies may require us to conduct additional studies or analyses, which could delay or prevent us from obtaining full regulatory approvals in certain jurisdictions or for certain demographics. For example, in October 2021, the FDA requested that we explore a lower dosage for our COVID vaccine in adolescents, which extended the length of clinical trials in this population prior to receiving regulatory authorization. In addition,Further, local legislatures may attempt to regulate or restrict the use of mRNA medicines in their jurisdictions.
Successful discovery and development of mRNA medicines by us or our strategic collaborators is highly uncertain and depends on many factors beyond our or their control.control, Weand constantly makeour business decisions and take calculated risks to advance our development efforts and pipeline, including those relatedrelating to mRNA technology, delivery technologysystems and manufacturing processes,processes whichmay ultimately may be unsuccessful. Promising early-phase product candidates may fail to advance, be delayed in the clinic, be subject to clinical holds or fail to reach the market for many reasons, including:
Our product candidates that appear promising in the early phases of development may fail to advance, experience delays in the clinic, experience clinical holds or fail to reach the market for many reasons, including:
•nonclinical ornonclinical, preclinical study, or clinical trial,trial results may show potential mRNA medicines to be less effective than desired or to have harmful or problematic side effects or toxicities;
There are no pharmacologic therapies approved to treat the underlying causes of many diseases that we are currently attempting to address or may address in the future. For instance, for many of the rare diseases for which we are developing treatments,diseases, few clinical trials have been attempted, and there are no approved drugs to treat these diseases.attempted. As a result, the design and conduct of clinical trials of product candidates for the treatment of these disorders may take longer, be more costly or be less effective due to the novelty of development in these diseases.effective.
Even if the FDA does findfinds our success criteria to be sufficiently validated and clinically meaningful, we may not achieve the pre-specified endpoint to a degree of statistical significance in our pivotal or other clinical trials.trials, Further, even if we achieve the pre-specified criteria,or our clinical trialsresults may producebe inconsistent or unpredictable or inconsistent results compared against the moreto traditional efficacy endpointsendpoints. inFurther, the trial. The FDA couldmay give overriding weight to other efficacy endpoints over a primary endpoint, even if we achieve statistically significant results on that endpoint, if we do not do so on our secondary efficacy endpoints. The FDA also weighs the benefits of a product against its risks and may view the efficacy results in the context of safety as not being supportive of licensure. Regulators in other countries may make similar findings with respect to these endpoints.
There are only a few approved gene therapy products in the United States orand foreignother jurisdictions, and there have been well-reported significant adverse events associated with their testing and use.use have been reported. Regulatory requirements governing gene therapythese products have evolved and may continue to change in the future, and the implications for mRNA therapies are unknown. For example, the FDA has established an office, now called the Office of Therapeutics Products (OTP), within its Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) to consolidate the review of gene therapy and related products, and convenes the Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee to advise CBER on its review.CBER. In the EU, certain mRNA therapies have been characterized as gene therapy medicinal products, which falls within a broader category known as Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs), which are subject to additional regulatory requirements. In certain other countries, such as Japan, mRNA therapies have not yet been classified or any such classification is not known to us; for example, in Japan, the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency has not taken a position on the regulatory classification of mRNA therapies.classified. Notwithstanding the differences between mRNA medicines and gene therapies, the classification of some of our mRNA product candidates as gene therapies in the U.S., the EU and potentially other countries could adversely impact our ability to develop our product candidates.candidates, Forincluding instance,if a clinical hold onapplicable to gene therapy products maywere applyapplied to our mRNA product candidates irrespective of the differences between gene therapies and mRNA.candidates.
Additionally, if any such therapeutic is approved, physiciansphysicians, health care providers, third-party payors and patients may be slow or fail to accept these novel and personalized treatments. Physicians, health care providers and third-party payors often are slow to adopt new products, technologies and treatment practices, particularly those that may also require additional upfront costs and training. Physicians may not be willingunwilling to undergo trainingnecessary totraining, adoptview these novel and potentially personalized therapies, may decide thea particular therapy isas too complex or potentially risky to adopt without appropriate training and may choose not to administer the therapy. Further, due to health conditions, genetic profile or other reasons, certain patients may not be candidates for the therapies.therapies, for many reasons, including due to health conditions or genetic profile. In addition, responses by federal and state agencies, congressional committees and foreign governments to negative public perception, ethical concerns or financial considerations may result in new legislation, regulations or medical standards that could limit our ability to develop or commercialize any product candidates, obtain or maintain regulatory approval or otherwise achieve profitability. Based on these and other factors, health care providers and payors may decide that the benefits of these new therapies do not or will not outweigh their costs.
Even if we obtain regulatory approval in a jurisdiction, we may remain subject to significant restrictions on the indicated uses or marketing of our product and ongoing requirements for potentially costly post-approval studies-suchstudies, such as those required under an accelerated approval by the FDA or other similar type of approval-orapproval, or post-market surveillance. For example, thea BLA holder of an approved BLA must monitor and report adverse events and monitor and report any failure of a product to meet theapplicable specifications in the BLA,specifications, as well as submit new or supplemental applications and obtain FDA approval for certain changesnew or supplemental applications relating to the approved product, product labeling,labeling or manufacturing process. Additionally, pharmacovigilance obligations under the regulatory regimes of the jurisdictions where our products are distributed require us to collect, process, analyze and monitor safety data and to identify and evaluate adverse reactions to our products as they are administered in those jurisdictions. If we or any of our partners assisting us in meeting these obligations cannot comply with relevant regulations, we may be subject to sanctions, increased costs and reputational harm, or our regulatory authorizations to distribute our vaccines in the relevant jurisdiction may be revoked or curtailed. In addition, regulators may increasingly rely on post-approval studies or real-world evidence to determine whether to maintain, modify or expand approved indications or population eligibility, which could increase costs, delay commercialization or limit the scope of approved use of our products.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
New heading “U.S. Manufacturing Capabilities Expansion”
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“Total revenue decreased by $3.6 billion, or 53%, in 2024, primarily attributable to a significant reduction in net product sales of our COVID vaccine. Net product sales decreased by $3.6 billion, or 53%, in 2024, mainly due to lower sales volumes in Europe and the rest of the world. This decline reflects the transition to a seasonal commercial market for COVID vaccine, as revenue from these regions was previously generated largely through advance purchase agreements with foreign governments and international organizations during the pandemic. …”see in full comparison
“•Propionic acidemia (PA) therapeutic: In an ongoing Phase 1/2 study designed to evaluate safety and pharmacology in trial participants with PA, our investigational therapeutic (mRNA-3927) has been generally well-tolerated to date with no events meeting protocol-defined dose-limiting toxicity criteria. Early results suggest potential decreases in annualized metabolic decompensation event (MDE) frequency compared to pre-treatment, and the majority of patients have elected to continue on the open label extension study. We began generating registrational trial data in 2024.”see in full comparison
“In December 2025, we entered into an agreement with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) under which CEPI will provide up to $54 million in funding to support a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial for our investigational mRNA-based H5 pandemic influenza vaccine candidate, mRNA-1018, which is expected to begin in early 2026. …”see in full comparison
Our cost of sales was $868 million, or 48% of our net product sales, in 2025, including third-party royalties of $88 million, inventory write-downs of $291 million, primarily for raw materials and our finished and semi-finished COVID vaccine inventory, and unutilized manufacturing capacity and wind-down costs of $93 million. Our cost of sales was $1.5 billion, or 47% of our net product sales, in 2024, including third-party royalties of $155 million, inventory write-downs of $495 million,see in full comparisonprimarily for raw materials and our finished and semi-finished COVID vaccine inventory, wind-down costs of $263 million, unutilized manufacturing capacity of $105 million, and losses from non-cancellable raw material purchase commitments of $60 million. Our cost of sales was $4.7 billion, or 70% of our net product sales, in 2023, including third-party royalties of $301 million, inventory write-downs of $2.2 billion,unutilized manufacturing capacity and wind down costs of$981$368 million, and losses on firm purchase commitments and cancellation fees of$205$60 million. These charges in both 2025 and 2024, other than royalties, were largely driven by customer demand forecastadjustments,adjustments related to the seasonal nature of the COVID vaccine market, termination of third-party contract manufacturing service agreements, and commitments for manufacturing capacity and raw material purchase agreements.Charges in 2023, other than royalties, were primarily attributable to a shift in productForecasting demandtofortheCOVIDlatestvaccinesvariant-targetedrequires advance production planning ahead of each season, including production of multiple COVID vaccineandproducts,awhichdeclineresulted incustomerexcessdemand,inventorywhichandultimatelycapacityledastoactualourdemandstrategicdifferedinitiativefromimplementedforecastedindemand.the third quarter of 2023 to optimize our COVID business by resizing manufacturing operations in response to the shift toward an endemic seasonal market. Refer toSee Note 7 to our consolidated financial statements for further details on inventory related charges and this initiative.
“In November 2025, we entered into a Credit Agreement providing for a term loan facility with aggregate commitments of $1.5 billion. As of December 31, 2025, we had drawn $600 million under the initial term loan. The Credit Agreement also provides for $900 million of delayed draw term loan commitments, consisting of $400 million available, subject to applicable conditions, through November 2027 and $500 million available, subject to applicable conditions and specified regulatory approval milestones, through November 2028. …”see in full comparison
“In May 2024, the FDA approved mRESVIA to protect adults aged 60 years and older from lower respiratory tract disease caused by RSV infection. The approval was granted under a breakthrough therapy designation. Subsequently, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) issued a recommendation for all unvaccinated people 75 years of age and older and unvaccinated people aged 60 to 74 who are at increased risk. …”see in full comparison
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We are a biotechnology company advancing a new class of medicines made of messenger RNA (mRNA). mRNA medicines are designed to direct the body’s cells to produce intracellular, membrane or secreted proteins that have a therapeutic or preventive benefit with the potential to address a broad spectrum of diseases. 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 medicines across fourinfectious franchises: respiratory virus vaccines, latent and other virusdisease vaccines, oncology therapeutics and rare disease therapeutics.
Since our founding in 2010, we have transformed from a research-stage company advancing programs in the field of mRNA to a commercial enterprise with a diverse clinical portfolio of vaccines and therapeutics across several modalities, a broad intellectual property portfolio and integrated manufacturing capabilities that allow for rapid clinical and commercial production at scale. We currently have three commercial products—Spikevax® and mNEXSPIKE®, our COVID vaccines, and mRESVIA®, our vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). We also have a diverse and extensive development pipeline of 3425 development candidates across our 4435 development programs,programs of which 41 arecurrently in clinical studies currently.studies.
Our COVID vaccine is our first commercial product and is marketed, where approved, under the name Spikevax®. Our original vaccine, mRNA-1273, targeted the SARS-CoV-2 ancestral strain, and we have leveraged our mRNA platform to rapidly adapt our vaccine to emerging SARS-CoV-2 strains to provide protection as the virus evolves and regulatory guidance is updated. In May 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval for mRESVIA® (mRNA-1345), our mRNA vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), to protect adults aged 60 and older from lower respiratory tract disease caused by RSV infection. This marks our second approved mRNA product and underscores our ongoing commitment to delivering solutions for patients by addressing global public health threats related to infectious diseases.
U.S. Manufacturing Capabilities Expansion
In November 2025, we announced the expansion of our U.S. manufacturing capabilities through the onshoring of drug product manufacturing to our existing Moderna Technology Center in Norwood, Massachusetts. Upon completion, this expansion will enable end-to-end mRNA manufacturing in the United States, supporting both commercial and clinical supply needs. This expansion is part of our continued investment in U.S.-based manufacturing infrastructure to support our mRNA vaccine and therapeutic pipeline. Construction for the new drug product manufacturing capability has commenced, with completion targeted in the first half of 2027.
$1.5 Billion Five-Year Credit Facility
In November 2025, we entered into a five-year term loan facility providing for up to $1.5 billion of capital to enhance our balance sheet and provide increased financial flexibility. The facility includes a $600 million initial term loan funded at closing, a $400 million delayed draw term loan facility available through November 2027, and an additional $500 million delayed draw term loan facility available through November 2028, subject to the achievement of specified regulatory milestones.
Respiratory Vaccines
During the fourth quarter of 2024, we achieved significant milestones in our respiratory vaccine portfolio. We filed for regulatory approval with the FDA for our next-generation COVID vaccine (mRNA-1283), supported by positive Phase 3 efficacy and immunogenicity data, leveraging a priority review voucher, and have been assigned a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date of May 31, 2025. We also submitted a regulatory application for our respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, mRESVIA (mRNA-1345), for high-risk adults aged 18 to 59, following positive Phase 3 data and using a priority review voucher, and have been assigned a PDUFA goal date of June 12, 2025. Additionally, we filed for FDA approval of our flu+COVID combination vaccine (mRNA-1083), based on positive Phase 3 immunogenicity data in adults aged 50 years and older.
NetTotal Product SalesRevenue and Net (Loss) Earnings Per Share
For the year ended December 31, 2024,2025, we recognized nettotal product salesrevenue of $3.1$1.9 billion from sales of our COVID and RSV vaccines, compared to $6.7$3.2 billion and $18.4$6.8 billion for the years ended December 31, 20232024 and 2022,2023, respectively. Loss per share was $(9.287.26) for the year ended December 31, 2024,2025, compared to (loss) earnings per share of $(12.339.28) and $20.12$(12.33) for the years ended December 31, 20232024 and 2022,2023, respectively.
As of December 31, 2024, eleven of our 44 development programs are in late-stage development, including nine programs in Phase 3 and two rare disease programs that are expected to generate pivotal data in 2025.
RespiratoryInfectious Disease Vaccines
•COVID vaccines: We have received approval in 40 countries for our 2025-2026 formula for Spikevax. We have also received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of our 2025-2026 formula for mNEXSPIKE, our second COVID vaccine, in all adults aged 65 and older, as well as individuals aged 12 to 64 years with at least one underlying risk factor. mNEXSPIKE is also approved in Europe, Canada and Australia and we have filed and are targeting 2026 approvals in Japan and Taiwan.
•mRESVIA: Our RSV vaccine has been approved for adults aged 60 years and older in 40 countries. It is also approved in 31 of those countries for individuals 18 to 59 years of age who are at increased risk for disease.
•Seasonal flu vaccine: Our mRNA-1010 regulatory filings are under review in the United States, Europe, Canada and Australia. In February 2026, in response to a prior Refusal-to-File letter, we engaged with the FDA in a Type A meeting and submitted an amended biologics license application (BLA) outlining a revised regulatory pathway based on age, seeking full approval for adults 50 to 64 years of age and accelerated approval for adults 65 and older, along with a post-marketing requirement to conduct an additional study in older adults. Following the meeting and submission of the amended application, the FDA accepted our BLA for review and assigned a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date of August 5, 2026.
•Seasonal flu + COVID vaccine: Our mRNA-1083 regulatory filing is under review in Europe and Canada. We are awaiting further guidance from the FDA on refiling.
•Norovirus vaccine: We recently completed enrollment of a second Northern Hemisphere season (2025-2026) cohort in our ongoing Phase 3 study for our norovirus vaccine candidate (mRNA-1403).
•Next-generation COVID vaccine: We shared positive Phase 3 vaccine efficacy and immunogenicity data for our next-generation COVID vaccine (mRNA-1283) at our 2024 R&D Day event in September 2024. We have filed for regulatory approval of mRNA-1283 with the FDA using a priority review voucher. The FDA has accepted our Biologics License Application (BLA) for mRNA-1283 and has assigned a PDUFA goal date of May 31, 2025.
•RSV vaccine: We received regulatory approval of our RSV vaccine mRESVIA (mRNA-1345) for adults aged 60 years and older in 2024. We shared positive Phase 3 data for mRNA-1345 in high-risk adults aged 18 to 59 at our 2024 R&D Day event and have since submitted an application to the FDA for regulatory approval using a priority review voucher, and have been assigned a PDUFA goal date of June 12, 2025.
•Seasonal flu + COVID vaccine: We shared positive Phase 3 immunogenicity data for our flu+COVID combination vaccine (mRNA-1083) for adults aged 50 years and older at our 2024 R&D Day event. We have filed with the FDA for regulatory approval of mRNA-1083, which may require vaccine efficacy data from our ongoing Phase 3 seasonal flu vaccine study.
•Seasonal flu vaccine: We have shared positive Phase 3 immunogenicity and safety data for our seasonal flu vaccine (mRNA-1010). We are conducting a two-season Phase 3 efficacy study (P304), where the timing of the efficacy readout depends on case accrual and could happen in the current season.
Latent and Other Vaccines
•Cytomegalovirus (CMV) vaccine: The pivotal Phase 3 study of our CMV vaccine candidate (mRNA-1647) is fully enrolled and accruing cases, evaluating its efficacy, safety and immunogenicity in the prevention of primary infection in women of childbearing age. The Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) met to review the initial study data and has informed us that the criterion for early efficacy was not met. The DSMB recommended that the study continue as planned. We remain blinded and anticipate final efficacy data from the study in 2025.
•Norovirus vaccine: The two-season Phase 3 study evaluating the efficacy, safety and immunogenicity of our trivalent vaccine candidate against norovirus (mRNA-1403) is fully enrolled in the Northern Hemisphere and we are preparing second season enrollment in the Southern Hemisphere. The trial is currently on FDA clinical hold following a single adverse event report of Guillain-Barré syndrome, which is currently under investigation. We do not expect an impact on the study's efficacy readout timeline as enrollment in the Northern Hemisphere has already been completed. The timing of the Phase 3 readout will be dependent on case accruals.
•Intismeran autogene: We are advancing intismeran (mRNA-4157), our mRNA-based individualized neoantigen therapy, in collaboration with Merck, with eight total Phase 2 and Phase 3 clinical trials underway across multiple tumor types including melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), bladder cancer and renal cell carcinoma. In January 2026, we and Merck announced five-year data from the Phase 2b study of intismeran in combination with KEYTRUDA, which demonstrated sustained improvement in recurrence-free survival in patients with high-risk melanoma (stage III/IV) following complete resection.
•mRNA-4359: Our Phase 1/2 study of mRNA-4359, an investigational wholly-owned cancer antigen therapy, is ongoing. The Phase 2 portion of the study includes cohorts in first-line metastatic melanoma, second-line+ metastatic melanoma and first-line metastatic NSCLC, and we expect a potential Phase 2 data readout in 2026.
•Individualized Neoantigen Therapy (INT): We continue to demonstrate the potential clinical benefit of our INT (mRNA-4157). In collaboration with Merck, the Phase 3 clinical trial for adjuvant melanoma is fully enrolled. Two Phase 3 studies for non-small cell lung cancer are enrolling. A randomized Phase 2 study for high-risk muscle invasive bladder cancer is enrolling, and a randomized Phase 2 study for adjuvant renal cell carcinoma is enrolling.
Rare DiseasesDisease Therapeutics
•Propionic acidemia (PA) therapeutic: mRNA-3927 is in a registrational study and target enrollment has been reached. In January 2026, we entered into a strategic collaboration with Recordati, an international pharmaceutical group, to advance mRNA-3927 through the final stages of clinical development and, if approved, global commercialization.
•Propionic acidemia (PA) therapeutic: In an ongoing Phase 1/2 study designed to evaluate safety and pharmacology in trial participants with PA, our investigational therapeutic (mRNA-3927) has been generally well-tolerated to date with no events meeting protocol-defined dose-limiting toxicity criteria. Early results suggest potential decreases in annualized metabolic decompensation event (MDE) frequency compared to pre-treatment, and the majority of patients have elected to continue on the open label extension study. We began generating registrational trial data in 2024.
•Methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) therapeutic: Our investigational therapeutic for MMA (mRNA-3705) has been selected by the FDA for the Support for Clinical Trials Advancing Rare Disease Therapeutics (START) pilot program.program, We and the FDA have agreed on the pivotal study design. We expect to startwith a registrational study expected to begin in the first half of 2025.2026.
During the third quarter of 2025, our mRNA manufacturing facilities in Australia and the United Kingdom were licensed and became operational. These facilities were established under long-term strategic agreements with the respective governments to support domestic mRNA manufacturing and pandemic preparedness. The facilities will enable local supply of our mRNA vaccines and provide rapid response capabilities in the event of future public health emergencies.
In September 2025, we delivered the first mRNA vaccines fully manufactured in Canada from our facility in Laval, Quebec, marking a significant milestone in our collaboration with the Government of Canada. The site, which received its Drug Establishment License from Health Canada in 2024, now produces the drug substance for our updated Spikevax targeting the LP.8.1 variant. Fill-and-finish of the vaccine, including the new single-use pre-filled syringes, is completed by Novocol Pharma in Cambridge, Ontario. This milestone demonstrates the execution of our end-to-end manufacturing strategy and our ability to provide timely access to locally manufactured mRNA vaccines through collaboration with government and industry.
In December 2025, we entered into an agreement with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) under which CEPI will provide up to $54 million in funding to support a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial for our investigational mRNA-based H5 pandemic influenza vaccine candidate, mRNA-1018, which is expected to begin in early 2026. If licensure is granted and in the event of an influenza pandemic, Moderna is committed to working to provide people around the world with rapid, equitable access to the resulting H5 vaccine, including, as part of this agreement, allocating 20% of its H5 pandemic vaccine manufacturing capacity for timely supply to low- and middle-income countries at affordable pricing.
In March 2024, we entered into a development and commercialization funding agreement with Blackstone Life Sciences (Blackstone) to advance our flu program. As part of the agreement, Blackstone has committed up to $750 million in funding to support development efforts. Blackstone will be eligible for low-single digit royalties and milestone payments based on cumulative net sales of our future flu and combination vaccines, contingent upon regulatory approval in the U.S. and the success of the funded activities. The funding is recognized as a reduction to the expenses of our flu program. We will retain full rights and control of our flu program.
In April 2024, we entered a non-exclusive out-licensing agreement with a pharmaceutical company based in Japan for mRNA COVID-related intellectual property for the territory of Japan. We received an upfront payment of $50 million, which includes a $20 million prepayment creditable against future royalties. Additionally, we are entitled to low double-digit royalties on the net sales of the company’s COVID product.
In June 2024, we were awarded up to $176 million through the Rapid Response Partnership Vehicle (RRPV), funded by BARDA, to accelerate the development of mRNA-based pandemic influenza vaccines. The project award will support the late-stage development of an mRNA-based vaccine to enable the licensure of a pre-pandemic vaccine against the H5 influenza virus. This subtype of the influenza virus causes a highly infectious and severe disease in birds known as avian influenza and poses a risk of spillover into the human population. The agreement also includes additional options to prepare for and accelerate responses to future public health threats.
During the third quarter of 2024, we updated our COVID vaccine to target the KP.2 and JN.1 strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus for the 2024-2025 season, consistent with guidance from regulators. Our vaccine targeting the KP.2 strain received approval from the FDA and Health Canada, while our vaccine targeting the JN.1 strain was approved by regulatory authorities in the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom, Japan, Taiwan, and other jurisdictions.
In May 2024, the FDA approved mRESVIA to protect adults aged 60 years and older from lower respiratory tract disease caused by RSV infection. The approval was granted under a breakthrough therapy designation. Subsequently, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) issued a recommendation for all unvaccinated people 75 years of age and older and unvaccinated people aged 60 to 74 who are at increased risk. In August 2024, the European Commission (EC) granted marketing authorization for mRESVIA to protect adults aged 60 years and older from lower respiratory tract disease caused by RSV infection. The authorization is valid in all 27 EU member states, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. We have also filed for mRNA-1345 approval with regulators in multiple markets worldwide and commenced sales in the U.S. in the third quarter of 2024.
In September 2024, our manufacturing facility in Laval, Quebec, received a Drug Establishment License (DEL) from Health Canada, certifying the site’s compliance with the required safety and quality standards to produce drug substance. This certification marked a significant step in enabling our Canadian facility to become fully operational, supporting domestic manufacturing of mRNA vaccines, including COVID vaccines, with production expected to begin in 2025.
In January 2025, we entered into a new agreement with the RRPV, funded by BARDA. The agreement provides up to $590 million to support the late-stage development and licensure of mRNA-based pre-pandemic influenza vaccines. In addition, the funding will enable the expansion of clinical studies for up to five additional subtypes of pandemic influenza, enhancing our preparedness to address emerging public health threats.
(1)Includes sales of Spikevax and mNEXSPIKE.
As of December 31, 2025, we have three commercial products, our COVID vaccines, Spikevax and mNEXSPIKE, and our RSV vaccine, mRESVIA. mRESVIA was approved by the FDA in May 2024 for adults aged 60 years and older, and in June 2025, the approved use was expanded to include adults aged 18 through 59 years who are at increased risk for lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) caused by RSV. We launched commercial sales of mRESVIA in the third quarter of 2024. In May 2025, mNEXSPIKE was approved for use in adults aged 65 years and older, as well as individuals aged 12 through 64 years with at least one underlying risk factor. We launched commercial sales of mNEXSPIKE in the third quarter of 2025.
As of December 31, 2024, we have two commercial products authorized for use, our COVID vaccine and our RSV vaccine. The RSV vaccine was approved by the FDA in May 2024 for adults aged 60 years and older.
InWe the third quarter of 2023, we commenced sales ofsell our COVID vaccineand RSV vaccines to the U.S. commercial market,market inas additionwell to continuing salesas to foreign governments and international organizations. We also commenced sales of our RSV vaccine in the third quarter of 2024. In the U.S., our COVID and RSV vaccines are sold primarily to wholesalers and distributors, and to a lesser extent, directly to retailers and healthcare providers. Net product sales are recognized net of estimated wholesaler chargebacks, invoice discounts for prompt payments and pre-orders, provisions for sales returns and government rebates, and other related deductions.
(1)Includes an adjustment of approximately $216 million for the full yearin 2024, reflecting a reduction in prior year provision estimates, primarily related to returns and chargebacks for the previous COVID vaccine season. Adjustments recorded in 2025 related to prior year provision estimates were not material.
Certain agreements may include upfront payments for our vaccine supply, initially recorded as deferred revenue. As of December 31, 2025, we had deferred revenue of $107 million related to product sales, of which $42 million is expected to be realized in less than one year.
Prior to the third quarter of 2023, we sold our COVID vaccine to the U.S. Government, foreign governments and international organizations. The agreements and related amendments with these entities generally do not include variable consideration, such as discounts, rebates or returns. Certain of these agreements entitle us to upfront deposits for our COVID vaccine supply, initially recorded as deferred revenue. As of December 31, 2024, we had deferred revenue of $188 million associated with customer deposits received or billable under supply agreements for delivery of our COVID vaccine, with the majority in 2025.
Other revenue comprises grant revenue, collaboration revenue, and licensing and royalty revenue and stand-ready manufacturing revenue. Grant and collaboration revenues have been primarily derived from government-sponsored and private organizations including the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Gates Foundation and from strategic alliances with Merck & Co., Inc (Merck), Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated and Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Europe) Limited (together, Vertex) and others to discover, develop, and commercialize potential mRNA medicines. Licensing and royalty revenue is related to our out-licensing agreement for mRNA COVID related intellectual property in Japan, executed in 2024. Stand-ready manufacturing revenue relates to long-term strategic agreements with certain government entities to maintain manufacturing readiness, while the remaining consideration under these agreements is related to product sales.
Cost of sales includes raw materials, personnel andpersonnel, facility and other indirect overhead costs associated with manufacturing our commercial products. These costs include production materials, production costs at our manufacturing facilities, third-party manufacturing costs, and final formulation and packaging costs. Cost of sales also includes shipping costs, indirect overhead costs associated with our product sales during the period, third-party royalties on net sales of our products, and charges for inventory valuation, excess and obsolete inventory and losses on firm purchase commitments.
Discovery and platform research expenses include costs associated with early-stage research activities for preclinical programs and the development of technical advances in mRNA science, delivery science, and manufacturing process design. These costs include external CRO and lab services, personnel-related costs, computertechnology equipment,and digital, facilities, and other administrativedirectly attributable research support costs.
Changes in expectations or outcomes of any of the known or unknown risks and uncertainties may materially impact our expected research and development expenditures. Continued research and development is central to the ongoing activities of our business. Investigational medicines in later stages of clinical development, such as our norovirusintismeran vaccine,autogene, seasonalnorovirus, and flu+COVID vaccine,combination vaccine candidates, and development of any new generationsCOVID vaccines against variants of COVID vaccines, combination vaccines, CMV vaccine, and our INT program,SARS-CoV-2, generally have higher development costs than those in earlier stages of clinical development, primarily due to the increased size and duration of later-stage clinical trials. In addition, we may incur research and development costs related to postmarketing commitments, though the timing and scope of such commitments remain uncertain. We expect our research and development costs to be substantial in the near term as our investigational medicines advance through development phases and as we identify and develop additional programs.
Selling, general and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel-related costs, including stock-based compensation, for executives, finance, legal, human resources, business development, commercial, marketing, and other administrative and operational functions, professional fees, accounting and legal services, informationtechnology technologyand digital and facility-related costs, and expenses associated with obtaining, maintaining, and defending intellectual property (IP). These costs relate to the operation of the business, unrelated to the research and development function, or any individual program.
Prior to 2024, selling, general and administrative expenses increased annually as we expanded our commercial infrastructure to support the global commercialization of our COVID vaccine. These increases were driven by investments in building regulatory, sales, and marketing teams, establishing subsidiaries in multiple countries, and supporting operational growth. In 2025 and 2024, selling, general and administrative expenses decreased significantly year over year by $156 million and $375 million, or 13% and 24%, compared to 2023.respectively. This decline reflects our focus on productivity improvements, cost-saving initiatives, and targeted investments that strengthen our overall efficiency.
Other expense, net consists of interest expense, gains or losses related to the sale of investments in marketable securities, changes in fair value of investments in equity securities, foreign currency transactions, remeasurements and hedges, and other income and expense unrelated to our core operations. Interest expense is primarily derived from our finance leases related to our Moderna Technology Center prior to its acquisition in December 2024, and certain contract manufacturing service agreements.agreements, and, beginning in November 2025, interest associated with our long-term debt (see Note 10 and Note 11 to the consolidated financial statements).
While our significant accounting policies are described in more detail in the notes to our consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, we believe the following accounting policy used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements requirerequires the most significant judgments and estimates.
Prior to the third quarter of 2023, we sold our COVID vaccine to the U.S. Government, foreign governments and organizations. The agreements and related amendments with these entities generally do not include variable consideration, such as discounts, rebates or returns. In the third quarter of 2023, we commenced sales of our latest COVID vaccineSpikevax to the U.S. commercial market, in addition to continuing sales to foreign governments and organizations.organizations, and subsequently expanded our commercial COVID vaccine portfolio with the launch of mNEXSPIKE in the third quarter of 2025. We also commenced sales of our RSV vaccine in the third quarter of 2024. In the U.S., our COVID vaccine and RSV vaccinevaccines are sold primarily to wholesalers and distributors, and to a lesser extent, directly to retailers and healthcare providers.
We recognize net product sales when control of the product transfers to the customer, typically upon delivery. Net product sales are recognized net of estimated wholesaler chargebacks, invoice discounts for prompt payments and pre-orders, provisions for sales returns, government rebates, and other related deductions. These provisions are recorded based on contractual terms, our estimate of returns for product sold, and other relevant considerations, during the period, using the expected value method or the most likely amount method. Estimates are assessed each period and adjusted as required to revise information or actual experience. Please refer toSee Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements for further discussion and analysis of each significant category of product sales provisions and the accounting policy.
The application of our critical accounting policies necessitates substantial management judgment and estimation, particularly when determining the amount of variable consideration to recognize. The subjectivity of this process is heightened when assessing factors outside our direct control such as the limited historical data, constrained third-party information, and evolving market dynamics. Among all variables, estimating returns presents the most significant judgment due to the broad range of potential outcomes and the current lack of established return trends. While we now have onetwo yearyears of data on our product returns, this remains insufficientlimited toand establishsubject reliablesignificant patterns.variability given current market conditions. We will continue to enhancerefine our projections as additional information becomes available. The actual results could differ from our estimates, and such differences could have a material impact to our financial statements.
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Risk Factors
Information regarding risk and uncertainties related to our business appears in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of our 2025 Form 10-K. There have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in the 2025 Form 10-K.
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“In June 2026, we expanded our strategic collaboration with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to advance the development of a potential vaccine against Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDBV), a cause of Ebola virus disease for which there are currently no licensed vaccines indicated. …”see in full comparison
“In January 2026, we announced a strategic collaboration with Recordati S.p.A. (Recordati) to advance our investigational propionic acidemia (PA) therapeutic, mRNA-3927, through the final stages of clinical development and, upon approval, global commercialization. The transaction closed on March 16, 2026. Under the agreement, we will continue to lead clinical development of mRNA-3927 through approval, and Recordati will lead commercialization. …”see in full comparison
“For the three months ended June 30, 2026, total revenue increased by $3 million, or 2%, compared to the same period in 2025. Net product sales decreased by $20 million, or 18%, primarily due to lower COVID vaccine sales in the United States and South America, partially offset by product deliveries in the United Kingdom. The decrease in net product sales was offset by higher stand-ready manufacturing revenue from related facilities and higher collaboration revenue, primarily related to our collaboration with Recordati for our investigational propionic acidemia therapeutic, mRNA-3927.”see in full comparison
“In February 2026, we signed a memorandum of understanding for a long-term strategic agreement with the Government of Mexico, Laboratorios de Biológicos y Reactivos de Mexico (BIRMEX), and Laboratorios Liomont (Liomont) to support the development of local mRNA manufacturing capabilities and strengthen pandemic preparedness. The agreement includes the supply of our respiratory vaccine portfolio and a technology transfer to Liomont to enable domestic manufacturing of our COVID vaccine, mRNA-1273. …”see in full comparison
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Since our founding in 2010, we have transformed from a research-stage company advancing programs in the field of mRNA to a commercial enterprise with a diverse clinical portfolio of vaccines and therapeutics across several modalities, a broad intellectual property portfolio and integrated manufacturing capabilities that allow for rapid clinical and commercial production at scale. We currently have four approved products—Spikevax® and mNEXSPIKE®, our COVID vaccines; mRESVIA®, our vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV); and mCOMBRIAX®, our flu plus COVID combination vaccine, which was recently approved in Europe for individuals 50 years of age and older. We also have a diverse development pipeline of 2526 development candidates across our 3536 development programs currently in clinical studies.
Strategic Collaboration with Recordati
In January 2026, we announced a strategic collaboration with Recordati S.p.A. (Recordati) to advance our investigational propionic acidemia (PA) therapeutic, mRNA-3927, through the final stages of clinical development and, upon approval, global commercialization. The transaction closed on March 16, 2026. Under the agreement, we will continue to lead clinical development of mRNA-3927 through approval, and Recordati will lead commercialization. Recordati has an established global commercial infrastructure and expertise in rare diseases, including PA, which is expected to support commercialization upon approval. mRNA-3927 targets a serious rare metabolic disease with significant unmet medical need and is currently being evaluated in a registrational study that has reached target enrollment, with potential data expected in 2026. Under the terms of the agreement, Recordati agreed to make an upfront payment of $50 million and are we are eligible to receive up to an additional $110 million in development and regulatory milestone payments, in addition to commercial and sales milestones and tiered royalties on net sales.
Strategic Agreement with the Government of Mexico
In February 2026, we signed a memorandum of understanding for a long-term strategic agreement with the Government of Mexico, Laboratorios de Biológicos y Reactivos de Mexico (BIRMEX), and Laboratorios Liomont (Liomont) to support the development of local mRNA manufacturing capabilities and strengthen pandemic preparedness. The agreement includes the supply of our respiratory vaccine portfolio and a technology transfer to Liomont to enable domestic manufacturing of our COVID vaccine, mRNA-1273. In addition, the collaboration is expected to support local clinical research and development activities aligned with Mexico’s public health priorities.
Settlement with Arbutus and Genevant
On March 3, 2026, we entered into a settlement agreement with Arbutus Biopharma Corporation (Arbutus) and Genevant Sciences GmbH (Genevant, and with Arbutus, Arbutus/Genevant) resolving all litigation worldwide, including between the parties in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. The settlement resolves all worldwide Arbutus/Genevant litigation related to Spikevax and mRESVIA and provides certainty going forward for our full infectious disease portfolio, including mNEXSPIKE, mCOMBRIAX and our future vaccine pipeline, with no future royalties owed. Under the terms of the agreement, we agreed to make a lump sum payment of $950 million, which is payable in the third quarter of 2026. Consistent with the terms of the settlement agreement, we have appealed the District Court’s decision related to 28 U.S.C. § 1498 to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals and could be required to make an additional payment of up to $1.3 billion depending on the outcome.
In April 2026, we received marketing authorization from the European Commission (EC) for mCOMBRIAX (mRNA-1083), our mRNA combination vaccine for the prevention of influenza disease and COVID-19 in individuals 50 years of age and older. The marketing authorization follows a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) and is valid in all 27 European Union (EU) member states, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. mCOMBRIAX is our fourth authorized product and further strengthens our respiratory portfolio and commitment to the European Union.EU. The vaccine builds on advances from the clinical development of mNEXSPIKE and mRNA-1010, our investigational seasonal influenza vaccine. mCOMBRIAX will be made available across the European Union,EU, subject to national regulatory and access procedures, and we are working with national authorities to support local access and implementation.
FDA Advisory Committee Positive Recommendation for mRNA-1010
In June 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) voted unanimously that the benefits of mRNA-1010 outweigh its risks for the prevention of influenza disease in adults 50 through 64 years of age and in adults 65 years of age and older. The recommendation was based on data from our Phase 3 clinical development program and supports the FDA's ongoing review of our Biologics License Application (BLA) for mRNA-1010. The FDA has assigned a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date of August 5, 2026.
Expanded Strategic Collaboration with CEPI
In June 2026, we expanded our strategic collaboration with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to advance the development of a potential vaccine against Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDBV), a cause of Ebola virus disease for which there are currently no licensed vaccines indicated. Under the agreement, CEPI has committed up to $50 million to support preclinical development and Phase 1 clinical evaluation of our investigational BDBV vaccine candidate, as well as parallel manufacturing activities to enable doses to be produced while clinical evaluation is underway and support rapid advancement into Phase 2/3 clinical trials, if warranted. The program builds on our existing research and development efforts in filoviruses, including Ebola-related viruses, and expands our longstanding strategic collaboration with CEPI to accelerate the development of vaccines and other countermeasures against epidemic and pandemic threats.
For the firstsecond quarter of 2026, we recognized total revenue of $389$145 million, compared to $108$142 million for the firstsecond quarter of 2025. Net loss per share was $(3.401.97) for the firstsecond quarter of 2026, compared to net loss per share of $(2.522.13) for the firstsecond quarter of 2025.
•Seasonal flu + COVID vaccine: We received EC marketing authorization for mCOMBRIAX in the EU and our mRNA-1083 regulatory filings are under review in Japan, Canada and Australia. We are awaiting further guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on refiling the submission for mRNA-1083.our Influ addition,plus weCOVID recentlycombination presented mRNA-1083 data from a Japanese cohort at the 2026 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Global Congress.vaccine.
•Seasonal flu vaccine: The FDA has assigned a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date for mRNA-1010 of August 5, 2026. Our mRNA-1010 regulatory filings are also under review in Europe, Canada and Australia, and potential approvals are expected to begin in 2026. WeThe recentlyFDA presentedhas assigned a PDUFA date for mRNA-1010 revaccinationof dataAugust at5, the 2026 ESCMID Global Congress.2026.
•Norovirus vaccine: Our Phase 3 safety and efficacy study of mRNA-1403 did not meet statistical criteria for early success at the Phase 3 interim analysis. The trial is ongoing and remains blinded as we work toward enrolling an additional cohort.
•Norovirus vaccine: Our ongoing Phase 3 safety and efficacy study of our trivalent vaccine candidate against norovirus (mRNA-1403) is fully enrolled in a second Northern Hemisphere season (2025-2026) with data expected in 2026, subject to case accruals.
•Intismeran autogene: We are advancing mRNA-4157 in collaboration with Merck, with nine total Phase 2 and Phase 3 clinical trials underway across multiple tumor types, including melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), bladder cancer and renal cell carcinoma. This includes the recent initiation of a Phase 3 study of intismeran as monotherapy and in combination with KEYTRUDA QLEX for the treatment of high-risk Stage 1 NSCLC.
We recently announcedpresented anpositive upcomingfive-year oralPhase presentation2b adjuvant melanoma data at the 2026 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual MeetingMeeting. highlightingThe positive five-year Phase 2b adjuvant melanoma data, whichdata showed a sustained benefit with intismeran in combination with KEYTRUDA, reducing the risk of recurrence or death by 49% compared to KEYTRUDA alone.
•mRNA-4359. Our Phase 1/2 study of mRNA-4359, an investigational wholly-owned cancer antigen therapy, is ongoing. We recently presented mRNA-4359 data at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 2026 Annual Meeting. The Phase 2 portion of the study includes cohorts in first-line metastatic melanoma, second-line+ metastatic melanoma and first-line metastatic NSCLC, and we expect a potential Phase 2 data readout in 2026.NSCLC.
•Propionic acidemia (PA) therapeutic: Our investigational therapeutic for PA (mRNA-3927) is in a registrational study and target enrollment has been reached. We expect potential data in 2026.
•Methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) therapeutic: We are deferringdeferred our decision on a pivotal trial for mRNA-3705 until PA registrational data readout.
As of MarchJune 31,30, 2026, we have threefour commercialapproved products, our COVID vaccines, Spikevax and mNEXSPIKE, and our RSV vaccine, mRESVIA.mRESVIA, and our flu and COVID combination vaccine, mCOMBRIAX, which has received EC marketing authorization in the EU. We launched commercial sales of mNEXSPIKE in the third quarter of 2025. As of June 30, 2026, mCOMBRIAX had not been commercialized.
We sell our COVID vaccines, Spikevax and mNEXSPIKE, to the commercial market as well as to foreign governments and international organizations. In the U.S., our COVID and RSV vaccines are sold primarily to wholesalers and distributors, and to a lesser extent, directly to retailers and healthcare providers. Net product sales are recognized net of estimated wholesaler chargebacks, invoice discounts for prompt payments and pre-orders, provisions for sales returns and government rebates, and other related deductions.
Certain agreements may include upfront payments for our vaccine supply, initially recorded as deferred revenue. As of MarchJune 31,30, 2026, we had deferred revenue of $95$265 million related to product sales, of which $37$207 million is expected to be realized in less than one year.
For the three months ended June 30, 2026, total revenue increased by $3 million, or 2%, compared to the same period in 2025. Net product sales decreased by $20 million, or 18%, primarily due to lower COVID vaccine sales in the United States and South America, partially offset by product deliveries in the United Kingdom. The decrease in net product sales was offset by higher stand-ready manufacturing revenue from related facilities and higher collaboration revenue, primarily related to our collaboration with Recordati for our investigational propionic acidemia therapeutic, mRNA-3927.
For the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026, total revenue increased by $281$284 million, or 260%,114%, compared to the same period in 2025, primarily driven by an increase in net product sales.2025. Net product sales increased by $266$246 million, or 309%,123%, mainlyprimarily due to higher COVID vaccine sales in international markets, driven by deliveries under long-term strategic partnerships with government entities. Other revenue also increasedincreased, compared to the same period in 2025,primarily reflecting higher stand-ready manufacturing revenuerevenue, including from facilities under these partnerships, including those that became operational laterduring inthe 2025.second half of 2025, and higher collaboration revenue.
Cost of sales for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026 was $955$93 million, which included inventory write-downs of $41 million, unutilized manufacturing capacity costs of $23 million, and third-party royalties of $11 million. Cost of sales for the six months ended June 30, 2026 was $1.0 billion, which included third-party royalties of $895$906 million, inventory write-downs of $38$79 million, primarily related to our finished and semi-finishedunutilized COVIDmanufacturing vaccinecapacity inventorycosts andof raw$25 materials relative to updated demand forecasts, as well as shelf-life expiration and other adjustments.million. Third-party royalties included $878$6 million and $884 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively, related to the litigation settlement with Arbutus and Genevant,Genevant as well asand amortization of the associated intangible asset. Please refer to Note 12, Commitments and Contingencies, to our condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information. Inventory write-downs in 2026 reflectedprimarily arelated combinationto ofour factors,finished includingand changessemi-finished invaccine inventory and raw materials relative to updated demand expectations,forecasts, expiration,shelf-life scrapexpiration and other adjustments. Please refer to Note 7 to our condensed consolidated financial statements for inventory related charges.
Cost of sales for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026 increaseddecreased by $865$26 million, or 961%,22%, compared to the same period in 2025. Cost of sales as a percentage of net product sales and stand-ready manufacturing revenue was 249% for the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026,2026 was 74%, compared to 92%91% for the correspondingsame period in 2025. The decreases were primarily due to lower unutilized manufacturing capacity costs. Cost of sales for the six months ended June 30, 2026 increased by $839 million, or 401%, compared to the same period in 2025. Cost of sales as a percentage of net product sales and stand-ready manufacturing revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2026 was 206%, compared to 91% for the same period in 2025. The increase was primarily driven by litigation settlement-related expenses recognized in the first quarter of 2026.expenses. Excluding these expenses, cost of sales and cost of sales as a percentage of net product sales and stand-ready manufacturing revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2026 decreased by 14%59% and 7265 percentage points, respectively, compared to the same period in 2025, primarily due to lower unutilized manufacturing capacity costs,costs and losses on firm purchase commitments and inventory write-downs,commitments, partially offset by higher sales volume.
In 2026, we anticipate thata modest decrease in cost of sales will remain at a relatively consistent level compared to 2025, reflecting continued manufacturing productivity improvements and operational efficiencies. This expectation excludes the impact of the settlement with Arbutus and Genevant, for which we recorded a charge of $878$884 million in cost of sales induring the first quarterhalf of 2026 and expect additional amortization expense in the remainder of the year. Excluding this impact, to the extent net product sales increase, cost of sales as a percentage of net product sales and stand-ready revenue maywill decrease modestly.moderately.
Research and development expenses decreased by $49 million, or 7%, for the three months ended June 30, 2026, compared to the same period in 2025. This reduction was primarily due to lower clinical trial expenses of $76 million, personnel-related costs and stock-based compensation of $27 million, and outside services of $18 million, partially offset by a $62 million benefit recognized in the second quarter of 2025 under the Blackstone research and development funding arrangement, due to revisions of prior period estimates. For the six months ended June 30, 2026, research and development expenses decreased by $256 million, or 16%, compared to the same period in 2025. This decrease primarily reflected lower clinical trial expenses of $119 million, personnel-related costs and stock-based compensation of $77 million, and outside services of $49 million. The lower clinical trial expenses for both periods were primarily driven by the wind-down of several late-stage programs, including the Company's flu plus COVID combination vaccine, as well as its congenital CMV and norovirus programs. The decrease in personnel-related costs and stock-based compensation for both periods primarily reflected portfolio reprioritization and associated resource realignment.
Research and development expenses decreased by $207 million, or 24%, for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to the same period in 2025. The decrease was mainly driven by a $48 million reduction in clinical manufacturing costs, driven by higher research and development funding from Blackstone for our seasonal flu program, a $48 million decrease in consulting and outside service costs, consistent with the lower level of clinical and manufacturing activities, and a $43 million reduction in personnel-related expenses due to lower headcount. Clinical trial expenses decreased by $42 million, reflecting lower activity in our seasonal flu, CMV, Norovirus, and RSV programs due to trial wind-downs, as well as the timing of clinical trial activities, partially offset by higher costs related to postmarketing commitments for our COVID products.
We anticipate a modest reduction in research and development expenses in 2026 compared to 2025, primarily driven by the wind-down of several late-stage programs, continued portfolio prioritization, disciplined cost management, and a focused approach to pipeline execution. These reductions are expected to be partially offset by certain clinical trial activities shifting from 2025 into 2026 and additional costs related to post-marketing commitments. We remain committed to advancing our pipeline and late-stage programs, including intismeranour autogeneoncology and norovirusrare vaccinedisease programs, while continuing to manage research and development investment levels in line with our long-term objectives.
Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by $14 million, or 6%, for the three months ended June 30, 2026, compared to the same period in 2025. The decrease was primarily driven by continued cost discipline across the organization, including reduced commercial and marketing-related spending, lower employee-related costs and other operating expenses. For the six months ended June 30, 2026, selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by $53 million, or 12%, compared to the same period in 2025. This decrease for the six-month period primarily reflected lower employee-related costs and stock-based compensation of $25 million, reduced commercial and marketing-related spending of $15 million, and lower other operating expenses. The decreases in both periods reflected continued cost discipline and efficiencies across the organization.
For the three months ended March 31, 2026, selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by $39 million, or 18%, compared to the same period in 2025. The decrease was mainly driven by a $19 million decrease in personnel-related expenses, a $9 million decrease in marketing expenses, and an $8 million broad-based reduction in consulting and outside services. The decrease in the period largely reflects continued cost discipline and efforts to streamline operations.
For the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026, interest income decreased by $18$14 million, or 20%,17%, compared to the same period in 2025. For the six months ended June 30, 2026, interest income decreased by $32 million, or 19%, compared to the same period in 2025. The decrease in each period was primarily due to lower average investment balances and interest rates.
For the three and six months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026, we recorded total other expense, net increasedof by$19 $14million and $37 million, or 350%,respectively, compared to total other income, net of $8 million and $4 million for the same periodperiods in 2025. The increase in other expense, net for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, was largely driven by higher interest expense.expense and lower net gains on foreign currency transactions. Interest expense is primarily related to our long-term debt issued in November 2025 and finance leases related to certain contract manufacturing service agreements and, beginning in November 2025, interest associated with our long-term debt.agreements. Please refer to Note 10 and Note 11 to our condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information.
Provision for income taxes increased by $8 million and $10 million, or 114% and 71%, for the three and six months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026, remainedcompared immaterial and consistent withto the same periods in 2025.2025, primarily because certain of our foreign subsidiaries generated higher taxable income while we incurred a consolidated pre-tax loss. The effective tax rate continues to reflect the maintenance of our global valuation allowance, which limits our ability to recognize tax benefits from the losses. Please refer to Note 14 to our condensed consolidated financial statements for additional details.
The following table summarizes our cash, cash equivalents, investments and working capital as of MarchJune 31,30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 (in millions):
Our cash, cash equivalents and investments are invested in accordance with our investment policy, primarily with a view to liquidity and capital preservation. Investments, consisting primarily of government and corporate debt securities, are stated at fair value. Cash, cash equivalents and investments as of MarchJune 31,30, 2026 decreased by $679$1.2 million,billion, or 8%,15%, compared to December 31, 2025. The decrease in cash, cash equivalents and investments was primarily due to a net cash outflow from operating activities of $630$1.2 millionbillion and purchases of property and equipment of $62$99 million during the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026.
Working capital, defined as current assets less current liabilities, decreased by $1.2$1.3 billion, or 26%,28%, as of MarchJune 31,30, 2026, compared to December 31, 2025. This was primarily driven by a decrease in cash, cash equivalents and current investments of $594$661 million to fund operations, an increase in accrued liabilities and accounts payable of $370$523 million, includinglargely driven by the $950 million related to the litigation settlement,settlement accrual partially offset by lower spend duringin the period, and a $196 million increase in deferred revenue primarily associated with advance payments for products, partially offset by a decrease in accounts receivablepayable of $113$150 million primarily driven by timing of collections.million.
As of MarchJune 31,30, 2026, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements. For a discussion of our contractual obligations and commitments, refer to our 2025 Form 10-K.
We derive cash flows from operations primarily from cash collected from customer advance payments and accounts receivable related to our product sales, as well as other revenue and funding arrangements. Our cash flows from operating activities are significantly affected by our use of cash for operating expenses and working capital to support the business. We sell our COVID and RSV vaccines to the commercial market as well as to foreign governments and international organizations. Certain supply agreements include upfront payments, which are initially recorded as deferred revenue. In the U.S., our COVID and RSV vaccines are sold primarily to wholesalers and distributors, and to a lesser extent, directly to retailers and healthcare providers. Wholesalers and distributors typically do not make upfront payments to us. In addition, we receive customer advance payments related to certain other revenue arrangements. As of MarchJune 31,30, 2026, we had $256$442 million in deferred revenue related to customer advance payments received or billable.
Net cash used in operating activities for the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026 was $630$1.2 millionbillion and consisted of net loss of $1.3$2.1 billion, non-cash adjustments of $160$337 millionmillion, and a net change in assets and liabilities of $553$632 million. Non-cash items primarily included stock-based compensation of $104$224 million,million and depreciation and amortization of $59$122 million. The net change in assets and liabilities was mainly due to an increase in accrued liabilities and accounts payable of $344$347 million, includingdriven by the $950 million related to the litigation settlement,settlement accrual, partially offset by lower spend during the period, an increase in deferred revenue of $195 million driven by customer advance payments, and a decrease in accounts receivables,receivable, net of $114$167 million due to timing of collections, andpartially aoffset decreaseby an increase in prepaid and other assetsinventory of $54$126 million,million driven by aincreased decreaseproduction infor vendorthe prepayments.upcoming season.
Net cash used in operating activities decreased by $407$800 million, or 39%,41%, during the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026, compared to the same period in 2025, primarily attributable to a change in accrued liabilities and accounts payable of $881$945 million, includinglargely driven by the $950 million related to the litigation settlement.settlement This decrease wasaccrual, partially offset by an increase in net loss of $372$329 million and a decrease in accounts receivable, net of $166 million, driven by timing of collections.million.
Net cash used in investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2026 was $76 million, driven primarily by purchases of marketable securities of $1.3 billion, and purchases of property and equipment of $62 million, partially offset by proceeds from maturities and sales of marketable securities of $1.3 billion.
Net cash provided by investing cashactivities flows decreased by $806 million, or 110%, duringfor the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026,2026 comparedwas to$253 themillion, same period in 2025,driven primarily due to a decrease inby proceeds from maturities and sales of marketable securities of $1.3$2.3 billion, partially offset by a decrease in purchases of marketable securities of $416$1.9 million,billion, and a decrease in purchases of plant, property and equipment of $55$99 million.
Net investing cash flows decreased by $1.0 billion, or 80%, during the six months ended June 30, 2026, compared to the same period in 2025, primarily due to a decrease in proceeds from maturities and sales of marketable securities of $2.2 billion, partially offset by a decrease in purchases of marketable securities of $1.2 billion, and a decrease in purchases of plant, property and equipment of $21 million.
Net cash provided by financing activities for the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026 was $17$31 million, primarily related to proceeds from issuance of common stock through equity plans.
Net cash provided by financing activities increased by $13$18 million, or 325%,138%, during the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026, compared to the same period in 2025, mainly due to an increase in proceeds from issuance of common stock through equity plans of $16$25 million.
Our principal sources of funding as of MarchJune 31,30, 2026 consisted of cash and cash equivalents, investments, and cash we may generate from operations. We reported a net loss of $1.3$2.1 billion for the threesix months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026 and net losses of $2.8 billion and $3.6 billion for the years 2025 and 2024, respectively. Historically, from our inception to the end of 2020, we incurred significant losses from operations due to our significant research and development expenses. Following the authorization of our first commercial product in December 2020, we generated significant net income in both 2022 and 2021. We have retained earnings of $5.9$5.1 billion as of MarchJune 31,30, 2026.
We have significant future capital requirements including expected operating expenses to conduct research and development activities, operate our organization, and meet capital expenditure needs. We anticipate maintaining substantial expenses across all areas of our ongoing activities, particularly as we continue research and development of our development candidates and clinical activities for our investigational medicines. This also extends to our manufacturing costs, including our arrangements with our supply and manufacturing partners. Our ongoing work on our intismeran autogene, norovirus, and flu+ plus COVID combination vaccine candidates, our other oncology programs, development of any new COVID vaccines against variants of SARS-CoV-2, late-stage clinical development, investments in digital capabilities and artificial intelligence technologies, and buildout of global commercial, regulatory, sales and marketing infrastructure and manufacturing facilities will require significant cash outflows in future periods, most of which will not be reimbursed or otherwise paid for by our collaborators or alliances. We may also incur additional costs related to postmarketing commitments, though the timing and scope of such commitments remain uncertain. In addition, we have substantial facility, lease and purchase obligations.obligations, as well as the $950 million litigation settlement obligation accrued as of June 30, 2026, which was paid in July 2026. We have entered into various collaboration and licensing agreements, as well as research and development funding arrangements with third parties. These arrangements collectively encompass the funding of specific research and development activities, with the distinction that under the research and development funding arrangement, we receive funding. However, for all these arrangements, we may be obligated to make potential future milestone and royalty payments.
In November 2025, we entered into a Credit and Guaranty Agreement (Credit Agreement) with lenders led by Ares Capital Corporation, as administrative agent, providing for a term loan facility with aggregate commitments of $1.5 billion. As of DecemberJune 31,30, 2025,2026, we had drawn $600 million under the initial term loan. The Credit Agreement also provides for $900 million of delayed draw term loan commitments, consisting of $400 million available, subject to applicable conditions, through November 2027 and $500 million available, subject to applicable conditions and specified regulatory approval milestones, through November 2028. Borrowings under the Credit Agreement bear interest at a variable rate based on Term SOFR or a base rate, at our option, plus an applicable margin, with interest payable periodically and the principal amount due in full at maturity in November 2030. The Credit Agreement includes customary affirmative and negative covenants, with which we were in compliance as of MarchJune 31,30, 2026. See Note 11 to our condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information.
We believe that our cash, cash equivalents, and investments as of MarchJune 31,30, 2026, together with cash expected to be generated from product sales and available borrowings under our credit facility, will be sufficient to enable us to fund our projected operations and capital expenditures through at least the next 12 months from the issuance of these financial statements included in this Form 10-Q. In July 2026, we paid the $950 million litigation settlement that was accrued as of June 30, 2026. We are subject to all the risks related to the development and commercialization of novel medicines, and we may encounter unforeseen expenses, difficulties, complications, delays, and other unknown factors, which may adversely affect our business. For example, we experienced a decline in customer demand for our COVID vaccine in 2023 and 2024, and this trend continued in 2025 as the market transitions to a more competitive and commercially driven environment, with broader external factors continuing to affect market dynamics. We foresee that our commitment to investing in our business for future product launches may lead to continued negative cash flows from operations in upcoming periods. Our forecast of the period of time through which our financial resources will be adequate to support our operations is a forward-looking statement and involves risks and uncertainties, and actual results could vary as a result of a number of factors. We have based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could utilize our available capital resources sooner than we currently expect.
There have been no material changes in our critical accounting policies and estimates in the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements during the three months ended MarchJune 31,30, 2026 compared to those disclosed in our 2025 Form 10-K.
As of MarchJune 31,30, 2026, there have been no material changes to our contractual obligations and commitments from those described under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in our 2025 Form 10-K.
MRNA insider buying and selling (Form 4)
Since 2026-04-11, insiders reported open-market purchases in 0 Form 4 filings and open-market sales in 10 filings (6 insiders, 11 trade dates, 796,552 shares, about $55.4M; 9 of these filings say the sales were made under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan). Net open-market shares: -796,552 (purchases minus sales); net value about -$55.4M.Totals add up every open-market (code P and S) line in those filings, using the prices reported in the filings. Awards, option exercises, tax withholding and gifts are listed below but not counted.
| Trade date | Insider | Transaction | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | Mock James M |
Option exercise | 1,454 | — | — |
| 2026-10-05 | Mock James M |
Shares withheld for tax | 704 | $190.01 | $133.8K |
| 2026-09-15 | Hoge Stephen |
Open-market sale |
40,281 | $146.07 | $5.9M |
| 2026-09-15 | Hoge Stephen |
Option exercise |
76,452 | $12.21 | $933.5K |
| 2026-09-14 | Hoge Stephen |
Open-market sale |
40,294 | $144.13 | $5.8M |
| 2026-09-14 | Hoge Stephen |
Option exercise |
76,453 | $12.21 | $933.5K |
| 2026-09-10 | Mock James M |
Option exercise |
19,836 | $30.96 | $614.1K |
| 2026-09-10 | Mock James M |
Open-market sale |
15,000 | $134.49 | $2.0M |
| 2026-09-10 | Mock James M |
Open-market sale |
19,836 | $134.49 | $2.7M |
| 2026-09-04 | Mock James M |
Option exercise | 11,797 | — | — |
| 2026-09-04 | Mock James M |
Shares withheld for tax | 5,704 | $148.87 | $849.2K |
| 2026-09-04 | Klinger Shannon Thyme |
Shares withheld for tax | 5,704 | $148.87 | $849.2K |
| 2026-09-04 | Klinger Shannon Thyme |
Option exercise | 11,797 | — | — |
| 2026-09-01 | Klinger Shannon Thyme |
Option exercise |
2,166 | — | — |
| 2026-09-01 | Klinger Shannon Thyme |
Shares withheld for tax |
1,048 | $140.34 | $147.1K |
| 2026-09-01 | Klinger Shannon Thyme |
Option exercise |
3,471 | $30.96 | $107.5K |
| 2026-09-01 | Klinger Shannon Thyme |
Open-market sale |
3,471 | $139.95 | $485.8K |
| 2026-09-01 | Mock James M |
Option exercise | 2,475 | — | — |
| 2026-09-01 | Mock James M |
Shares withheld for tax | 1,197 | $140.34 | $168.0K |
| 2026-09-01 | Hoge Stephen |
Option exercise | 9,283 | — | — |
| 2026-09-01 | Hoge Stephen |
Shares withheld for tax | 4,489 | $140.34 | $630.0K |
| 2026-08-28 | Hoge Stephen |
Option exercise | 611 | — | — |
| 2026-08-28 | Hoge Stephen |
Shares withheld for tax | 296 | $142.77 | $42.3K |
| 2026-08-28 | Klinger Shannon Thyme |
Shares withheld for tax | 160 | $142.77 | $22.8K |
| 2026-08-28 | Klinger Shannon Thyme |
Option exercise | 329 | — | — |
| 2026-08-28 | Mock James M |
Shares withheld for tax | 160 | $142.77 | $22.8K |
| 2026-08-28 | Mock James M |
Option exercise | 329 | — | — |
| 2026-08-27 | Hoge Stephen |
Option exercise | 1,437 | — | — |
| 2026-08-27 | Hoge Stephen |
Shares withheld for tax | 695 | $149.66 | $104.0K |
| 2026-08-27 | Klinger Shannon Thyme |
Shares withheld for tax | 375 | $149.66 | $56.1K |
| 2026-08-27 | Klinger Shannon Thyme |
Option exercise | 774 | — | — |
| 2026-08-27 | Mock James M |
Shares withheld for tax | 375 | $149.66 | $56.1K |
| 2026-08-27 | Mock James M |
Option exercise | 774 | — | — |
| 2026-08-06 | Bancel Stephane |
Option exercise |
252,469 | $19.15 | $4.8M |
| 2026-08-05 | Bancel Stephane |
Open-market sale |
124,838 | $56.96 | $7.1M |
| 2026-08-05 | Bancel Stephane |
Open-market sale |
187,044 | $58.79 | $11.0M |
| 2026-08-05 | Bancel Stephane |
Open-market sale |
147,473 | $56.21 | $8.3M |
| 2026-08-05 | Bancel Stephane |
Option exercise |
499,246 | $19.15 | $9.6M |
| 2026-08-05 | Bancel Stephane |
Open-market sale |
39,891 | $58.12 | $2.3M |
| 2026-07-15 | Hoge Stephen |
Option exercise |
37,226 | $19.15 | $712.9K |
| 2026-07-15 | Hoge Stephen |
Open-market sale |
53,336 | $67.60 | $3.6M |
| 2026-07-15 | Hoge Stephen |
Option exercise |
16,110 | $19.15 | $308.5K |
| 2026-07-02 | Mock James M |
Option exercise | 1,452 | — | — |
| 2026-07-02 | Mock James M |
Shares withheld for tax | 703 | $72.50 | $51.0K |
| 2026-06-15 | Hoge Stephen |
Option exercise |
16,110 | $19.15 | $308.5K |
| 2026-06-15 | Hoge Stephen |
Option exercise |
37,226 | $19.15 | $712.9K |
| 2026-06-15 | Hoge Stephen |
Open-market sale |
53,336 | $51.37 | $2.7M |
| 2026-06-05 | Klinger Shannon Thyme |
Shares withheld for tax |
5,705 | $51.59 | $294.3K |
| 2026-06-05 | Klinger Shannon Thyme |
Option exercise |
11,798 | — | — |
| 2026-06-05 | Mock James M |
Shares withheld for tax | 5,705 | $51.59 | $294.3K |
| 2026-06-05 | Mock James M |
Option exercise | 11,798 | — | — |
| 2026-06-04 | Klinger Shannon Thyme |
Open-market sale |
3,471 | $50.00 | $173.6K |
| 2026-06-04 | Klinger Shannon Thyme |
Option exercise |
3,471 | $30.96 | $107.5K |
| 2026-06-01 | Mock James M |
Option exercise | 2,475 | — | — |
| 2026-06-01 | Mock James M |
Shares withheld for tax | 1,197 | $47.19 | $56.5K |
| 2026-06-01 | Klinger Shannon Thyme |
Option exercise | 2,165 | — | — |
| 2026-06-01 | Klinger Shannon Thyme |
Shares withheld for tax | 1,047 | $47.19 | $49.4K |
| 2026-06-01 | Hoge Stephen |
Shares withheld for tax | 4,488 | $47.19 | $211.8K |
| 2026-06-01 | Hoge Stephen |
Option exercise | 9,282 | — | — |
| 2026-05-28 | Mock James M |
Shares withheld for tax | 159 | $47.61 | $7.6K |
Well-known investors holding MRNA (13F)
| Investor | Quarter | Shares | Reported value | % of their 13F | Change vs prior quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baillie Gifford | 2026-06-30 | 18,206,778 | $1.3B | 1.16% | Reduced 9% |
| Two Sigma Investments | 2026-06-30 | 7,193,530 | $503.8M | 0.38% | Reduced 21% |
| Renaissance Technologies | 2026-06-30 | 881,200 | $44.8M | — | Sold out |
| AQR Capital Management (Cliff Asness) | 2026-06-30 | 479,141 | $33.6M | 0.01% | Added 1151% |
| Millennium Management (Israel Englander) | 2026-06-30 | 438,615 | $30.7M | 0.02% | Reduced 57% |
| Citadel Advisors (Ken Griffin) | 2026-06-30 | 294,496 | $20.6M | 0.01% | Reduced 40% |
| Point72 Asset Management (Steve Cohen) | 2026-06-30 | 197,844 | $10.1M | — | Sold out |
| D. E. Shaw & Co. | 2026-06-30 | 24,951 | $1.7M | 0.0% | Reduced 96% |
| Bridgewater Associates | 2026-06-30 | 11,527 | $807.2K | 0.0% | Reduced 85% |