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Pfizer Inc says the total number of doses to be delivered to the United States is 200 million. AFP pic
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WASHINGTON, Dec 23 ― The US government will pay Pfizer Inc nearly US$2 billion (RM8.12 billion) for 100 million additional doses of its Covid-19 vaccine to bolster its supply as the country grapples with a nationwide spike in infections.
Under the new agreement, Pfizer will deliver at least 70 million doses by June 30 and the rest no later than July 31, the company said on Wednesday, bringing the total number of doses to 200 million for a total price of about US$4 billion.
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Dry ice is poured into a box containing the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine as it is prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage, Mich., Sunday Dec. 13. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool)
WASHINGTON (CN) Ramping up production, drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech announced Wednesday that they will supply the United States with an additional 100 million doses of its vaccine for Covid-19 by July of next year.
This announcement ups the total number of vaccines to be distributed to 200 million. Some 70 million of those doses would be delivered by June 30 with another 100 million delivered no later than July 31.
U.S. buys another 100M doses of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine
The $1.95 billion agreement doubles the overall U.S. order for the vaccine to 200 million doses.
A vial of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine is displayed at Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla, Wash. | Greg Lehman/Walla Walla Union-Bulletin via AP
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Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech will supply 100 million more doses of their coronavirus vaccine to the United States by this summer after protracted negotiations over how much the companies could deliver, given their commitments to other nations.
The $1.95 billion agreement doubles the overall U.S. order for the vaccine to 200 million doses. Pfizer and BioNTech said they can supply 70 million doses by June 30, 2021, with the remaining 30 million doses delivered by the end of July.
By Jonathan Lemire and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
| December 23, 2020 9:37 a.m.
WASHINGTON (AP) Pfizer and BioNTech will supply the U.S. with an additional 100 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine under a second agreement.
The drugmakers said Wednesday that they expect to deliver all the doses by July 31.
Pfizer already has a contract to supply the government with 100 million doses of its vaccine, which requires two doses per patient.
Under the nearly $2 billion deal announced Wednesday, the companies will deliver at least 70 million additional doses by June 30, with the remaining 30 million to be delivered no later than July 31. The government also has the option to acquire up to an additional 400 million doses.