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UK to get 60m trial vaccines

Pharma giants Sanofi and GSK said yesterday they have agreed to supply Britain with up to 60 million doses of a potential COVID-19 vaccine.

The agreement covers a vaccine candidate developed by France鈥檚 Sanofi in partnership with the UK鈥檚 GSK and is subject to a 鈥渇inal contract.鈥

Amid the global race to find a vaccine to halt the pandemic, Sanofi announced 鈥渙ngoing discussions with the European Commission, with France and Italy on the negotiation team, and other governments to ensure global access to a novel coronavirus vaccine.鈥

Both companies voiced in a statement their commitment 鈥渢o making their COVID-19 vaccine candidate affordable and available globally.鈥

The vaccine candidate 鈥渉as the potential to play a significant role in overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic, both in the UK and around the world,鈥 said GSK Vaccines President Roger Connor.


 

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