Prognosis
White House Backs Pfizer’s Move to Begin Vaccine Exports
- Biden won’t intervene as Pfizer begins to ship from U.S. plant
- Biden used wartime powers to corner market on U.S. production
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The Biden administration is supporting Pfizer Inc.’s move to begin exporting U.S.-made doses of its coronavirus vaccine, as the White House starts to unleash production for shot-starved nations abroad.
“We are glad to see that they are working with other countries to help them meet their supply needs,” Jeff Zients, President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 response coordinator, told Bloomberg News in a statement. He said the company is ahead of schedule in its commitments to supply the U.S.