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After the biotech company Moderna announced that the mass manufacture of its coronavirus vaccine would start in November, a new issue has been brought up: the price of the vaccine .

The Financial Times has given a first answer to this question, which is beginning to pose itself with increasing force. According to the newspaper, the US company is negotiating a cost of between 50 and 60 dollars per treatment consisting of two doses, that is, between 25 and 30 dollars per dose (about 25 euros).

According to sources consulted by the British newspaper who are closely following the course of the company's talks with potential buyers, this price, which has not yet been set, would be the highest compared to other vaccine manufacturers . Specifically, the American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and the German BioNTech have reached a pre-agreement with the US government to charge about 17 euros per dose .

Prices far removed from that agreed by the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca -in charge of the Oxford vaccine- with the Netherlands, Germany, France and Italy. The treatment that has been reached establishes a cost of between 2.5 and 3 euros per dose .

The British outlet has reported that the price that Moderna is seeking "causes considerable concern and difficulties in the negotiations, in view of the fact that other companies have promised much lower prices." Also, Stephen Hoge, president of biotechnology, has already clarified that they will not sell the product at cost price .

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