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Japan plans to buy AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine


August 8, 2020

Japan plans to buy AstraZeneca Plc’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine and fund a local company to manufacture Novavax’s vaccine candidate, ramping up its stockpile plan as it battles surging infections. Japan will order 120 million doses of the experimental vaccine developed by the British pharmaceutical company, beginning with 30 million doses by March next year. It did not disclose purchase prices. …

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