The US would have enough doses of coronavirus vaccines for every adult by the end of May, Joe Biden said on Tuesday, thanks in part to an unusual production deal signed between two of the country’s largest drugmakers.
Merck will manufacture doses of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine after receiving $269m from the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (Barda) to adapt its manufacturing facilities to produce Covid-19 medicines and shots.
The US president said on Tuesday the deal would accelerate the production of Covid-19 vaccines so that enough would be available to vaccinate every adult within 90 days — two months earlier than previously announced.
您已阅读17%（677字），剩余83%（3368字）包含更多重要信息，订阅以继续探索完整内容，并享受更多专属服务。