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GLS vs MRNA

Side-by-side comparison of Gelesis Holdings Inc. (GLS) and Moderna Inc. (MRNA): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both GLS and MRNA operate in Biotechnology: Biological Products (No Diagnostic Substances) (Health Care), so they compete in similar markets.
  • MRNA is the larger of the two at $19.47B, about 57.0x GLS ($341.6M).
  • MRNA has hit the wire 16 times in the past 4 weeks while GLS has been quiet.
  • MRNA has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 0 for GLS).
MetricGLSMRNA
Company
Gelesis Holdings Inc.
Moderna Inc.
Price
$0.16-3.95%
$51.60+5.22%
Market cap
$341.6M
$19.47B
1M return
-
+10.46%
1Y return
-
+89.32%
Industry
Biotechnology: Biological Products (No Diagnostic Substances)
Biotechnology: Biological Products (No Diagnostic Substances)
Exchange
NYSE
NASDAQ
IPO
2020
2018
News (4w)
0
16
Recent ratings
0
25
GLS

Gelesis Holdings Inc.

Gelesis Holdings Inc., a commercial stage biotherapeutics company, developing a biomimicry to treat the genesis of obesity and GI-related chronic diseases. The company also provides PLENITY, an orally administered, non-stimulant, and non-systemic aid for weight management. In addition, it offers a product for obesity and overweight and a pipeline with potential therapies for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease/non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, type 2 diabetes, and GS500 for Functional Constipation. Gelesis Holdings Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

MRNA

Moderna Inc.

Moderna, Inc., a biotechnology company, develops therapeutics and vaccines based on messenger RNA for the treatment of infectious diseases, immuno-oncology, rare diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and auto-immune diseases. As of March 9, 2021, the company had 13 programs in clinical trials and a total of 24 development programs in six modalities comprising prophylactic vaccines, cancer vaccines, intratumoral immuno-oncology, localized regenerative therapeutics, systemic secreted and cell surface therapeutics, and systemic intracellular therapeutics. The company has strategic alliances with AstraZeneca PLC, Merck & Co., Inc., Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Europe) Limited, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the National Institutes of Health, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Moderna, Inc. also has collaborations with Lonza Ltd. for the manufacture of COVID-19 vaccine; and Catalent Inc., Laboratorios Farmacéuticos Rovi, S.A., Recipharm, and Lonza Group for fill-finish manufacturing of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, as well as Aldevron, LLC for supporting COVID-19 vaccine and additional programs in company's clinical development pipeline. The company was formerly known as Moderna Therapeutics, Inc. and changed its name to Moderna, Inc. in August 2018. Moderna, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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