UK agrees deals for 90m doses of two potential coronavirus vaccines

Government secures early access to those being developed by Novavax and JanssenCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe UK has added a further 90m doses of coronavirus vaccine to its stockpile.The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has announced that it has ordered 60m doses of a vaccine from the US biotech company Novavax, and 30m doses of another from the Janssen Pharmaceutical Company, which is based in Belgium and owned by Johnson and Johnson.Continue reading...
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