The European Commission has placed its first official order for a coronavirus vaccine with a deal to buy 300 million doses of AstraZeneca’s experimental shot, …
The European Commission has placed its first official order for a coronavirus vaccine with a deal to buy 300 million doses of AstraZeneca’s experimental shot, officials said Friday. The body plans to donate vaccines to lower- and middle-income countries through its agreement with the British drugmaker, which gives it the option to buy another 100 million doses on behalf of European Union states, officials said. The commission is also in talks to order a combined 500 million doses of two other potential vaccines, officials said: one from Johnson & Johnson, and a joint effort between Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline.
