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Sputnik VIDA. | Art by Joaquín Temes
The Sputnik VIDA vaccine, manufactured by local pharmaceutical firm Laboratorios Richmond, will be used in principle for the Argentine State, company chief Marcelo Figueiras has confirmed.
Speaking after his company and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) announced this week that Argentina had become the first country in Latin America to begin production of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, Figueiras expressed his delight at the “good news” and praised the skill of the nation’s scientists.
The 57-year-old then confirmed that the initial doses produced by the firm will be used “in principle, for the Argentina State, while the pandemic lasts.”
Sputnik VIDA. | Art by Joaquín Temes
The Sputnik VIDA vaccine, manufactured by local pharmaceutical firm Laboratorios Richmond, will be used in principle for the Argentine State, company chief Marcelo Figueiras has confirmed.
Speaking after his company and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) announced this week that Argentina had become the first country in Latin America to begin production of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, Figueiras expressed his delight at the “good news” and praised the skill of the nation’s scientists.
The 57-year-old then confirmed that the initial doses produced by the firm will be used “in principle, for the Argentina State, while the pandemic lasts.”