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May 4 (Reuters) - Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) on Thursday reported stronger-than-expected sales of $1.9 billion for its COVID-19 vaccine in the first quarter, driven by a surge of revenue deferred from 2022, but left its 2023 sales expectations unchanged. Moderna said it continued to expect COVID vaccine sales of $5 billion for the year based on advance purchase agreements. Moderna expects an additional $3 billion in deferred vaccine revenue in the second half of 2023. The results came two days after the company's rival Pfizer reported better-than-expected COVID vaccine sales for the first quarter and maintained its expectations for full-year sales. Moderna had generated around $36 billion in sales over the last two years from its COVID vaccine, its only commercial product and one of the most widely used shots for the virus.
[1/3] CEO of Moderna Stephane Bancel looks up at the session "State of the Pandemic" during the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 18, 2023. Moderna (MRNA.O) CEO Stephane Bancel was called to testify after the company flagged plans to raise the vaccine's price to as much as $130 per dose, drawing the ire of Democratic U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, who chairs the influential Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP). The government in May plans to end the COVID public health emergency, putting much of the vaccine purchasing in the hands of the private sector. Moderna in February forecast $5 billion in COVID vaccine sales this year, far less than the $18.4 billion windfall in 2022, due to decreasing demand for the shots.
RSV, which produces symptoms similar to a cold but can be fatal for young children and older adults, causes about 14,000 deaths annually in adults ages 65 and older. Moderna, Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) and GSK Plc (GSK.L) are racing to get their RSV vaccines to market first. Pfizer's RSV vaccine was found to be 66.7% effective against two or more symptoms in late-stage trials. "It's very exciting to see progress in RSV vaccines in older adults, and I think both of those vaccines have shown pretty remarkable results as well," Hoge said. The RSV vaccine market could be worth more than $10 billion globally, half of which would come from the United States, according to Cowen analyst Tyler Van Buren.
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