Trump HHS reevaluating Biden administration's $590M bird flu vaccine contract with Moderna: Bloomberg

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Trump HHS reevaluating Biden administration's $590M bird flu vaccine contract with Moderna: Bloomberg

By Darren Incorvaia
Feb 27, 2025 11:07am
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BATSHIT BOBBY'S HHS CANCELING CONTRACT FOR BIRD FLU VACCINE.

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— Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. (@drjanicekirsch.bsky.social) 2025-05-22T22:02:24.978Z

The Department of Health and Human Services is reevaluating a $590 million contract for avian influenza mRNA vaccines that the prior administration struck with Moderna, Bloomberg first reported on Wednesday.

The move comes as bird flu continues to spread throughout chickens and dairy cows, occasionally jumping into humans as well.

“While it is crucial that the U.S. Department and Health and Human Services support pandemic preparedness, four years of the Biden administration’s failed oversight have made it necessary to review agreements for vaccine production,” an HHS spokesperson told Fierce Biotech in an email.

A Moderna spokesperson declined to comment.

The reevaluation is part of a broader move by the new administration to scrutinize spending on mRNA vaccines, Bloomberg added. During the pandemic and afterward, mRNA became a hot new modality in vaccine development after the approach led to the speedy development and deployment of COVID-19 vaccines on a massive scale.

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1. What are the fucking idiots going to do? Replace it with magic beans?