Patrick Bergstedt, Senior Vice President of Moderna, visited Taiwan for the first time.

(Photo by reporter Wu Liangyi)

[Reporter Wu Liangyi/Taipei Report] The vaccine factory Moderna set up a branch in Taiwan this year. Patrick Bergstedt, the global senior vice president of Moderna, visited Taiwan for the first time. Global researchers, including Taiwan, also praised Taiwan's vaccine coverage rate of over 80%, which is extremely rare among countries all over the world.

Moderna held a press conference today. Patrick Bergstedt said that Taiwan is the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to pass the BA.1 and BA.4/5 bivalent next-generation vaccines. In the future, it will continue to cooperate and develop partnerships with the Taiwan government. Increase vaccine supply capacity and epidemic prevention resilience.

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Patrick Bergstedt said that Taiwan is a recognized market in the Asia-Pacific region, and it also respects intellectual property rights. Taiwan is world-renowned for its world-class medical care system, diverse industrial talents, scientists and research institutions, and various biotechnology innovation capabilities.

Patrick Bergstedt visited Taiwan as the first stop of his 2-week Asian business trip. He pointed out that Moderna is expanding its public health product portfolio to promote mRNA technology and vaccines to combat existing and emerging infectious diseases. By 2025 For the 15 pathogens listed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Coalition for Epidemic Prevention Innovations (CEPI) as the most public health risks in the world, we will fully promote the development of vaccines and enter clinical trials.

In addition, he also pointed out that the second priority "mRNA Access" plan is to open the Moderna mRNA technology platform to global researchers including Taiwan to conduct research on emerging and neglected infectious diseases.

Patrick Bergstedt said that he will also visit the Ministry of Health and Welfare during this trip, and hopes to continue to maintain partnership with Taiwan in the future.

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