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Jul 21, 2021 | 7:33 PM
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) â Mexican authorities said on Wednesday they are in talks with Italian health authorities and Italian biotech firm ReiThera about the possibility of producing the GRAd-COV2 COVID-19 vaccine in Mexico.
Deputy Foreign Minister Martha Delgado traveled to Italy to speak with Francesco Vaia, director of the Lazzaro Spallanzani National Institute of Infectious Diseases, and ReiThera executives to discuss the option of producing the vaccine in Mexico, the Mexican Foreign Ministry said.
The ministry reiterated Mexicoâs plan to participate in GRAd-COV2âs Phase III trials, which will require 6,000 volunteers in the country, but did not specify a timeline.
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A researcher works inside a laboratory during the development of the Italian ReiThera COVID-19 vaccine, in this undated handout photo in Rome, Italy. REITHERA/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
MEXICO CITY, July 21 (Reuters) - Mexican authorities said on Wednesday they are in talks with Italian health authorities and Italian biotech firm ReiThera about the possibility of producing the GRAd-COV2 COVID-19 vaccine in Mexico.
Deputy Foreign Minister Martha Delgado traveled to Italy to speak with Francesco Vaia, director of the Lazzaro Spallanzani National Institute of Infectious Diseases, and ReiThera executives to discuss the option of producing the vaccine in Mexico, the Mexican Foreign Ministry said.
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MEXICO CITY, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Mexico s government on
Monday urged pharmaceutical companies to honor obligations to
deliver COVID-19 vaccines on time, as an official expressed
concern that U.S. efforts to corner initial supplies for its
population might cause delays. We reserved ahead of time, we made agreements, what we want
now is for the agreements to be honored, President Andres
Manuel Lopez Obrador told a regular news conference.
Lopez Obrador acknowledged that companies were experiencing
heavy demand for the vaccines, but said it was important that
the accords reached were respected on time.
Mexico has signed purchase agreements for vaccines with
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