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Key FactsMail on Sundayinterviewed Pfizer’s U.K. head, Ben Osborn and showed a video that appears to show Pfizer’s manufacturing process, although it is not clear whether the clip shows the Covid-19 vaccine being manufactured. .it hopes to make 100 million doses available this year, should the vaccine be granted regulatory approval, with plans to manufacture 1.3 billion in 2021.
Pfizer is a frontrunner in the global race to develop a safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine, which it is developing with Germany’s BioNTech. While not yet approved, production comes ahead of an anticipated approval in the U.S. when the company applies in the middle of November.
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