Developed Countries Lock Up Covid-19 Vaccines Through 2023

June 3, 2021

(Wall Street Journal) – The European Union, Canada and other developed countries have signed deals to get hundreds of millions of doses of Covid-19 vaccines and boosters over the next two years, furthering a divide between rich and poor countries.  Under the recent deals, Pfizer Inc. PFE 0.46% and BioNTech BNTX -1.86% SE agreed to supply the European Union up to 1.8 billion doses of their vaccine through 2023, while agreeing to supply Canada up to 125 million doses. Australia, Switzerland and Israel, meanwhile, are set to get Moderna Inc.’s MRNA 1.89% shot through next year, and Switzerland has options for doses in 2023. (Read Full Article)