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German chemicals giant Bayer says to produce Curevac vaccine

Reuters WORLD
Published February 01,2021
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Chemicals giant Bayer announced Monday that it will produce from 2022 a coronavirus vaccine that fellow German pharmaceuticals company CureVac is developing.

"I am happy to tell you that we have the necessary capacities to produce CureVac's mRNA-based vaccine," Bayer's head of pharmaceuticals Stefan Oelrich told reporters, adding that the company aimed to produce 160 million doses in the first 12 months.