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Biotech’s biggest unicorn is now worth $7.5 billion

The financing comes as Moderna burns through about $450 million a year in an effort to craft medicines that can transform the body's cells into drug factories.

Moderna Therapeutics, a multibillion-dollar biotech startup, is raising $500 million in a round that values the company at $7.5 billion, according to the data provider Pitchbook.

The financing, first reported by Bloomberg, comes as Moderna burns through about $450 million a year in an effort to craft medicines that can transform

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