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AstraZeneca ups coronavirus vaccine capacity to 2 billion doses - CNN
London(CNN Business)AstraZeneca says it has secured capacity to produce 2 billion doses of a potential coronavirus vaccine being developed in partnership with researchers at Oxford University.
The new production figure includes 400 million doses that will be provided to low and middle-income countries before the end of this year.
Typically, companies wait to start the manufacturing process until a vaccine is proven to be safe and effective. But several drugmakers are working on an accelerated timetable in the hope of mitigating the coronavirus pandemic.
AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot said Friday that researchers should have enough data to determine whether the vaccine is safe and effective by September. "We are starting to manufacture this vaccine right now and we have to have it ready to be used by the time we have the results," he told BBC Radio.
London(CNN Business)AstraZeneca says it has secured capacity to produce 2 billion doses of a potential coronavirus vaccine being developed in partnership with researchers at Oxford University.
The new production figure includes 400 million doses that will be provided to low and middle-income countries before the end of this year.
Typically, companies wait to start the manufacturing process until a vaccine is proven to be safe and effective. But several drugmakers are working on an accelerated timetable in the hope of mitigating the coronavirus pandemic.
AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot said Friday that researchers should have enough data to determine whether the vaccine is safe and effective by September. "We are starting to manufacture this vaccine right now and we have to have it ready to be used by the time we have the results," he told BBC Radio.