Coronavirus Update: AZ Gets $1bn From US, Secures Capacity For One Billion Vaccine Doses

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AstraZeneca PLC is to receive more than $1bn from the US government for the production and delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine it is developing with Oxford University, having already concluded the first agreements to supply at least 400 million doses.

The funding is coming from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) and will also go towards supporting a...

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