Pfizer and BioNTech to Supply the European Union with 200 Million Additional Doses of COMIRNATY® globenewswire.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from globenewswire.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) today announced that the U.S. government has exercised its option for an additional 100 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. This brings the total number of doses to be supplied by the companies to the U.S. government to 300 million.
“We support the new administration s plan to vaccinate as many people as quickly as possible because there is an urgent need to help protect people from this virus, here in the U.S. and across the globe,” said
Albert Bourla, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Pfizer. We are pleased to work with the administration to provide these additional vaccines, so that more Americans receive their first and second doses as soon as possible.
U.S. government exercises option to bring total supply to 300 million doses, enabling vaccinations for 150 million people NEW YORK and MAINZ, GERMANY, February 12, 2021 - Pfizer Inc.(Nasdaq: BNTX)
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Lightbridge Receives Notice of Allowance on Key Patent from the Korean Intellectual Property Office
Lightbridge CorporationFebruary 8, 2021 GMT
RESTON, Va., Feb. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Lightbridge Corporation (NASDAQ: LTBR), an advanced nuclear fuel technology company, today announced that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the Korean Intellectual Property Office for a new patent covering a broad scope of innovations: (1) an alternative metallic fuel rod design whereby an axial centerline of the fuel rod is offset from an axial center of mass; (2) a fuel assembly incorporating such fuel rods; (3) a metallic fuel assembly design with metallic fuel rods arranged in a mixed grid pattern; (4) various embodiments of a corner structure attached to the shroud.