Pharma giant AstraZeneca has struck a deal to supply up to 400 million doses of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine to European Union countries.
and the Netherlands. All other EU member states will have the chance to take part under the same terms as the original alliance members.
“This agreement will ensure that hundreds of millions of Europeans have access to Oxford University’s vaccine following approval,” AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot said in a prepared statement. “With our European supply chain due to begin production soon, we hope to make the vaccine available widely and rapidly.”
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