Description of the Business	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Description of the Business	Description of the Business Moderna, Inc. is a Delaware Corporation, incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on July 22, 2016 (collectively, with its consolidated subsidiaries, any of Moderna, Company, we, us or our). In August 2018, we changed our name from Moderna Therapeutics, Inc. to Moderna, Inc. We are the successor in interest to Moderna LLC, a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware in 2013. We are creating a new generation of potentially transformative medicines based on messenger RNA (mRNA), to improve the lives of patients. Since inception, we have incurred significant net losses. We expect to continue to incur significant expenses and operating losses for the foreseeable future. In addition, we anticipate that our expenses will increase significantly in connection with our ongoing activities to support our platform research, drug discovery and clinical development, infrastructure and Research Engine and Early Development engine, digital infrastructure, creation of a portfolio of intellectual property, and administrative support. We do not expect to generate significant revenue from sales of potential mRNA medicines unless and until we successfully complete clinical development and obtain regulatory approval for one or more of our investigational medicines. If we seek to obtain regulatory approval for any of our investigational medicines, we expect to incur significant commercialization expenses. As a result, we will need substantial additional funding to support our continued operations and pursue our growth strategy. Until we can generate significant revenue from potential mRNA medicines, if ever, we expect to finance our operations through a combination of public or private equity offerings and debt financings, government funding arrangements, strategic alliances and marketing, distribution and licensing arrangements. We may be unable to raise additional funds or enter into such other agreements on favorable terms, or at all. If we fail to raise capital or enter into such agreements as, and when, needed, we may have to significantly delay, scale back or discontinue the development and commercialization of one or more of our programs. We believe that our cash, cash equivalents, and investments as of March 31, 2019 will be sufficient to enable us to fund our projected operations through at least the next 12 months from the issuance of these financial statements. Because of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with pharmaceutical development, we are unable to predict the timing or amount of increased expenses or when or if we will be able to achieve or maintain profitability. Even if we are able to generate revenues from the sale of our medicines, we may not become profitable. If we fail to become profitable or are unable to sustain profitability on a continuing basis, then we may be unable to continue our operations at planned levels and be forced to reduce our operations.

Description of the Business

Moderna, Inc. is a Delaware Corporation, incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on July 22, 2016 (collectively, with its consolidated subsidiaries, any of Moderna, Company, we, us or our). In August 2018, we changed our name from Moderna Therapeutics, Inc. to Moderna, Inc. We are the successor in interest to Moderna LLC, a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware in 2013. We are creating a new generation of potentially transformative medicines based on messenger RNA (mRNA), to improve the lives of patients. Since inception, we have incurred significant net losses. We expect to continue to incur significant expenses and operating losses for the foreseeable future. In addition, we anticipate that our expenses will increase significantly in connection with our ongoing activities to support our platform research, drug discovery and clinical development, infrastructure and Research Engine and Early Development engine, digital infrastructure, creation of a portfolio of intellectual property, and administrative support.

We do not expect to generate significant revenue from sales of potential mRNA medicines unless and until we successfully complete clinical development and obtain regulatory approval for one or more of our investigational medicines. If we seek to obtain regulatory approval for any of our investigational medicines, we expect to incur significant commercialization expenses.

As a result, we will need substantial additional funding to support our continued operations and pursue our growth strategy. Until we can generate significant revenue from potential mRNA medicines, if ever, we expect to finance our operations through a combination of public or private equity offerings and debt financings, government funding arrangements, strategic alliances and marketing, distribution and licensing arrangements. We may be unable to raise additional funds or enter into such other agreements on favorable terms, or at all. If we fail to raise capital or enter into such agreements as, and when, needed, we may have to significantly delay, scale back or discontinue the development and commercialization of one or more of our programs. We believe that our cash, cash equivalents, and investments as of March 31, 2019 will be sufficient to enable us to fund our projected operations through at least the next 12 months from the issuance of these financial statements.

Because of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with pharmaceutical development, we are unable to predict the timing or amount of increased expenses or when or if we will be able to achieve or maintain profitability. Even if we are able to generate revenues from the sale of our medicines, we may not become profitable. If we fail to become profitable or are unable to sustain profitability on a continuing basis, then we may be unable to continue our operations at planned levels and be forced to reduce our operations.