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Britain lines up 40 mln more vaccine doses from Valneva

The British government has exercised an option to buy 40 million more doses of a COVID-19 vaccine being developed by the French-Austrian group Valneva for delivery next year, the company said Monday. London announced in September it had agreed to buy as many as 190 million doses from Valneva in a deal worth up to […]

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How effective is the Valneva vaccine?

Vaccine: Commentator says UK must not ‘give away’ supply Valneva, a French biotechnology company with a base in Scotland, started manufacturing its vaccine candidate today. The company will synthesise jabs from its base in Livingston, West Lothian. The Government has an in-principle agreement for 60 million initial doses, followed by an option for a further […]