Pfizer and Biontech have announced that they have signed a $ 1.95 billion agreement with the US Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense to secure millions of doses of the new Corona vaccine (Covid) 19), after receiving approval.
According to the joint statement between the two companies, American citizens will receive the vaccine for free.
Under the agreement, the US government receives 100 million doses of the BNT162 vaccine, and can receive up to 500 million additional doses.
The PNT 162 program was developed jointly by Pfizer and Biontech, and is currently undergoing clinical studies, and it is not currently approved for distribution anywhere in the world.
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The program currently evaluates at least 4 experimental vaccines, and in the event that these studies are successful, both Pfizer and Biontec expect to seek a license to use the emergency or some form of approval by the authorities Regulatory in October.
The companies expect to manufacture up to 100 million doses worldwide by the end of this year, and possibly more than 1.3 billion doses by the end of next year.
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