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Saturday, June 13, 2020

AstraZeneca to supply up to 400M doses of COVID vaccine at no profit

AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) inks an agreement with Europe’s Inclusive Vaccines Alliance, led by Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands, under which the company will supply up to 400M doses of Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine, currently dubbed ADZ1222 (originally ChAdOx1 nCoV-19), beginning in late Q4 at no profit.
AZN recently signed deals in the UK, U.S. and with CEPI and Gavi the Vaccine Alliance to supply 700M doses in addition to a deal with the Serum Institute of India to supply IB doses to low- and middle-income countries.
Manufacturing costs will be offset by government funding.
A Phase 2/3 trial in the UK launched last month.
AZN’s 2020 financial guidance remains unchanged.
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3582828-astrazeneca-to-supply-up-to-400m-doses-of-covid-vaccine-no-profit

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