SAINT-HERBLAIN, France (AP) — French pharmaceutical startup Valneva had big news in September: a government contract for 60 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine candidate. … And we were powerless.”The UK has now ordered another 40 million doses and has options for more from Valneva, which has a plant in Scotland. Valneva President Franck Grimaud told the AP that Britain will receive vaccine doses earlier because it signed first. As a result, Britain started giving out vaccine shots on Dec. 8 while the EU did not get going until Dec. 27. French pharmaceutical startup Valneva had big news in September: a government contract for 60 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine candidate.

Source: Egypt Independent February 07, 2021 07:52 UTC