{"id":174,"date":"2026-06-29T08:55:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=174"},"modified":"2026-06-29T08:55:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:55:29","slug":"moderna-co-founder-is-rosy-on-future-of-mrna-and-moderna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=174","title":{"rendered":"Moderna co-founder is rosy on future of mRNA, and Moderna"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Among all the awards and mementos Moderna co-founder Kenneth Chien has accumulated over a 50-year career in science, one stands out for its sheer luxe: an Hermes belt.<\/p>\n

It was a 2013 gift from Moderna CEO St\u00e9phane Bancel, one of biotech\u2019s more dapper CEOs, after Chien helped secure a large partnership between the then-tiny mRNA startup and the Swedish-British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The deal accelerated Moderna\u2019s ascent, helping bring billions in funding and of course the life-saving mRNA Covid vaccines. But the actual medicines AstraZeneca planned to build through those deals \u2014 up to 40 mRNA-based drugs for cancer and cardiovascular disease \u2014 never materialized.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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