Pfizer and BioNTech raise vaccine output target to 2-billion shots
A new production plant in Marburg, Germany, is expected to become operational by end-February
11 January 2021 - 16:22
Pfizer and BioNTech on Monday raised their Covid-19 vaccine production target for 2021 to 2-billion shots, as the partners respond to a global rush of countries seeking to order more doses.
The drugmakers have already committed more than half that capacity, BioNTech said in a presentation. A more than 50% boost from the previous 2021 target of 1.3-billion doses, the increase incorporates a label change that will allow doctors to extract six doses instead of five from each vaccine vial, BioNTech said...
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