Covid-19 man­u­fac­tur­ing roundup: Mod­er­na inks deal for boost­er shots with Japan; Sput­nik Light could be man­u­fac­tured in Kaza­khstan — re­port

Mod­er­na, Take­da and the Japan­ese gov­ern­ment have teamed up to dis­trib­ute 50 mil­lion dos­es of Mod­er­na’s vac­cine — in­clud­ing a boost­er shot if it’s au­tho­rized — in 2022. That dou­bles the to­tal vac­cines signed on from 2021, bring­ing the num­ber to 100 mil­lion dos­es for Japan.

Mod­er­na is re­spon­si­ble for the man­u­fac­tur­ing and sup­ply of the jab, while Take­da is re­spon­si­ble for the im­port, reg­u­la­to­ry, de­vel­op­ment and dis­tri­b­u­tion ac­tiv­i­ties.

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