AstraZeneca applies for COVID-19 vaccine approval in Japan

Reuters · 02/05/2021 06:03
AstraZeneca applies for COVID-19 vaccine approval in Japan

- AstraZeneca AZN.L said on Friday it had applied for approval in Japan for its COVID-19 vaccine, making it the second drug maker to do so after Pfizer Inc PFE.N.

The Japanese government in December signed a contract to procure 120 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, enough for 60 million people.


(Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Editing by Tom Hogue)

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