U.K. Exercises Option for 40 Million Valneva Covid Vaccine Doses
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Valneva SE, a French vaccine developer, said the U.K. government has exercised an option to order 40 million extra doses of its experimental coronavirus shot for next year.
The commitment brings the size of the U.K.’s order to 100 million doses, Valneva said in a statement on Monday. Britain could still buy 90 million more doses for delivery between 2023 and 2025, bringing the value of the contract to as much as 1.4 billion euros ($1.7 billion) if all the options are exercised.