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Covid-19 man­u­fac­tur­ing roundup: As the US gov­ern­ment bags an­oth­er 100M dos­es of Mod­er­na shot, the biotech is chip­ping in on UAE roll­out

Pres­i­dent Joe Biden’s ad­min­is­tra­tion has or­dered an­oth­er round of shots.

Mod­er­na and the US gov­ern­ment have reached a deal that will pro­vide the com­pa­ny with an­oth­er 200 mil­lion dos­es of its Covid-19 vac­cine, and in­clude the op­tion to pur­chase oth­er can­di­dates from the com­pa­ny’s pipeline, Mod­er­na an­nounced Wednes­day. The agree­ment brings the to­tal num­ber of Mod­er­na shots to 500 mil­lion. An­oth­er 110 mil­lion will be de­liv­ered in Q4 of 2021 and 90 mil­lion are ex­pect­ed in Q1 of 2021.

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