Pfizer, Moderna strike deals with Canada for supply of COVID-19 vaccines
Ottawa: Canada has signed separate deals with Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc to supply millions of doses of their experimental coronavirus vaccines, a top official said on Wednesday.
Procurement Minister Anita Anand said Ottawa was "very, very intensely negotiating" multiple deals with a number of other potential domestic and international vaccine suppliers, but did not give details.
There are no approved vaccines for COVID-19, but 19 vaccines are being tested in humans around the world.
"We all want a silver bullet but unfortunately that's not the case," Anand told a news conference. Other measures would be needed, such as buying more protective equipment and investing in medicines to alleviate the symptoms of sufferers.
Moderna will provide its mRNA-1273 vaccine candidate. Pfizer - working with German biotech firm BioNTech SE - said separately it planned deliveries of the BNT162 mRNA-based vaccine candidate over the course of 2021.
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