AstraZeneca expects a COVID-19 vaccine capacity of 200 million per month by April

PHOTO FILE: The AstraZeneca logo is pictured outside the AstraZeneca office building in Brussels as part of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine campaign, Belgium, 28 January 2021. REUTERS / Johanna Geron / Photo File

LONDON (Reuters) – AstraZeneca plans to produce more than 100 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine – developed by Oxford University – this month, rising to more than £ 200 million a month by April , Chief Pascal Soriot said Thursday.

Mene Pangalos, head of R&D BioPharmaceuticals at British drug retailer, said earlier that the company expects data expected for the U.S. end-of-term trial of its vaccine by the end of March.

Reading out data is “just weeks away”, he said on a media call after the company’s 2020 results were released.

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