Vaccine supplies: US purchases 100 million more J&J, Europe to get mopre Pfizer doses

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Wed, 2021-03-10 17:22 — mike kraft

Biden announces plans to purchase 100 million more Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine doses President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he is directing the US Department of Health and Human Services to purchase an additional 100 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine. Jeremy Diamond, Kaitlan Collins and Kate Sullivan, CNN CNN

Washington (CNN) President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he is directing the US Department of Health and Human Services to purchase an additional 100 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine.

The administration and the pharmaceutical giant still need to negotiate when these 100 million doses will be available but it will likely happen later this year as Johnson & Johnson works to ramp up production.

"There is light at the end of this dark tunnel of this past year, but we cannot let our guard down now or assume victory is inevitable. Together we're going to get through this pandemic and usher in a healthier and more hopeful future," Biden said alongside the CEOs of Johnson & Johnson and Merck, which is helping to manufacture the Johnson & Johnson's vaccine under a deal brokered by the White House.

The White House told governors Tuesday to expect fewer than 400,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine next week, far below what they initially expected would be available.

This new purchase of Johnson & Johnson vaccines will not accelerate that timeline, but these doses would help build up US vaccine stock later in the year. ...

ALSO SEE: Europe to get 4 million more Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 shots this month

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