MODERNA's chief financial officer Jorge Gomez departed a day after taking charge, the vaccine maker said yesterday, following his former employer disclosing an internal probe related to financial reporting.

Gomez's appointment was announced in April and he assumed charge on Monday. Moderna said he left on Tuesday after Dentsply Sirona announced the investigation.

The probe, which may cause a delay in the dental products maker's quarterly filing with US securities regulators, was focused on the use of incentives to sell products to distributors and whether those were properly accounted. Dentsply last month fired its then-CEO Don Casey without disclosing a reason.

Moderna said recently retired finance chief David Meline will return, as the company reopens its search for a new CFO.

Gomez will receive 12 months' salary - $700,000 (£568,022) - and forfeit his signing bonus and bonus eligibility, Moderna said.

Reuters

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