Moderna Named a Top Employer by Science for Seventh Consecutive Year

Moderna, Inc., (Nasdaq: MRNA) a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, today announced it was ranked one of the global biopharmaceutical industry’s top employers honored by Science and Science Careers' 2021 Top Employers Survey for the seventh consecutive year. Moderna was ranked 7th on the list this year and was recognized for its commitment to innovative leadership, respect for employees and easily adapting to change.

“We are honored to be one of only a few pharmaceutical and biotech companies around the world that has ranked as a top 20 employer in Science’s survey for the last seven years in a row, which is for most of our history. This recognition is a humbling reminder of our employees’ dedication and relentless pursuit of our collective mission,” said Stéphane Bancel, Chief Executive Officer of Moderna. “Since our founding, we have obsessed about doing groundbreaking, cutting-edge science to bring a new class of medicines to the world. These investments in science over the past 10 years prepared us to chase the SARS-CoV-2 virus when it emerged. And, that scientific passion enabled us to bring a vaccine against COVID-19 to hundreds of millions of people around the world – one that real-world evidence has shown to have sustainably high, durable efficacy. We built the company as a platform company and because mRNA is an information molecule, we believe this is just the beginning.”

Over the past year, Moderna’s COVID-19 response efforts created hundreds of jobs, increasing its employee numbers from 800 in 2019 to more than 1,800 employees by June 2021. The Company is making several investments to support this growth. Moderna recently announced an expansion of the Moderna Technology Center in Norwood, including more than doubling of space to transform the facility from a production and lab space to an industrial technology center. The expansion also includes an increase in Moderna’s technical development capacity and preclinical production capability. The Company also announced that it is investing in a new Moderna Science Center, a purpose-built space to support the Company’s next chapter of discovery.