The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it has reached a deal with biotechnology company Moderna for 100 million doses of its potential coronavirus vaccine.
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Trump announces deal with Moderna for 100 million doses of potential vaccine
The deal is for about $ 1.5 billion, which means the government will pay about $ 15 per dose, and the vaccine will then be given free to patients.
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The Trump administration has made several other similar deals, as it provides funding for multiple potential faxes, hoping to have one distributed by the end of the year.
President Trump announced the agreement from his briefing in the White House as he tried to mark progress on a fax machine. He said he also met earlier in the day with the leaders of the Initiative Warp Speed initiative to develop a vaccine.
Of all the potential faxes the government finances, Trump said there is “enormous promise in every single one of them and we have a lot of them and they are years ahead of schedule.”
“The army is ready to go,” he added. “They are ready to deliver a vaccine to Americans once one is fully approved by the [Food and Drug Administration] and we are very close to that approval. “
Some Democrats and public health experts have expressed concern about Trump putting pressure on the FDA to approve a vaccine too soon, although the FDA has promised that it will follow the data.
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