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U.K. Orders 90 Million Covid-19 Vaccine Doses from Pfizer, Valneva
- Government also orders antibody treatments from AstraZeneca
- French drugmaker Valneva to expand production in Scotland
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The U.K. has signed agreements to buy 90 million doses of vaccines in development by drugmakers including Pfizer Inc., BioNTech SE and Valneva SE, joining countries around the world racing to secure supplies of protection against Covid-19.
Pfizer and BioNTech plan to supply 30 million doses of their vaccine candidate this year and next, the companies said. France’s Valneva agreed to supply the U.K. with 60 million doses of the shot it’s developing, and another 40 million if the product proves safe and effective.