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12 November 2020Big PharmaMuireann Bolger

EC signs contract with Pfizer to access watershed vaccine

The European Commission has approved a fourth contract with pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech, following their revelation that they had developed a vaccine that could potentially prevent more than 90% of people from becoming infected by COVID-19.

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