US Govt to pay Pfizer, BioNTech $2b for 100 mln doses of Covid-19 vaccine

The US government will pay nearly two billion dollars to American drug maker Pfizer and German biotech company BioNTech SE for 100 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine if it proves to be safe and effective. The companies said they finalized a deal with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Defense Department to supply the agencies with a vaccine they are developing jointly.

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