Coronavirus Update: Pfizer/BioNTech Commit 500m Doses For US Donations

Merck & Co. Signs $1.2bn US Deal For Antiviral Pill

The US obtained access to doses that it will donate to low- and low-middle-income countries, Merck & Co. is lining up government purchases of its Phase III drug, and Ocugen will submit a BLA in the US rather than pursue an EUA for Bharat's vaccine. Plus progress and setbacks for COVID-19 therapeutics. 

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US To Donate 500m Doses Of Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine • Source: Alamy

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SEsaid on 10 June that they will sell 500 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine to the US government at non-profit prices for donation to approximately 100 lower-income and lower-middle-income countries, including African nations covered under the COVAX initiative. This agreement is part of the two companies’ pledge of two billion doses to support equitable global access to COVID-19 vaccines.

On 2 June, the COVAX Advance Market Commitment announced that it had raised an additional $2.4bn for its efforts, bringing...

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