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Biopharmaceutical company Moderna (
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The decision by the U.K. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency was based on the advice of the U.K. Commission on Human Medicines.
The government exercised an option on the additional doses, bringing its confirmed order commitment to 17 million doses, the Cambridge, Mass., company said in a statement.
The first deliveries of the Covid-19 vaccine to the U.K. from Moderna’s dedicated non-U.S. supply chain are expected to begin early this year.