New Corona Vaccine To establish a system for domestic supply from January to March 15:16 on August 7
Interview with the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is that there is a policy to establish a system to enable the first supply in Japan from January to March next year of the new coronavirus vaccine being developed by British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca I understand. It is the first time that the outlook for the domestic vaccine supply has been clarified, and it means that 30 million doses will be supplied in the first three months.
Supply prospects have been revealed for the vaccine being developed by British pharmaceutical giant "AstraZeneca" and Oxford University, and it is already in the final stage clinical trials in some overseas countries.
In Japan, we will start clinical trials in August and establish a system for supply of this vaccine.According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, if the development progresses smoothly, the first supply will be possible from January to March next year. It is a policy to maintain such a system.
In the first three months, 30 million doses will be delivered first, and eventually 120 million doses will be delivered together.
This is the first time that the outlook for domestic vaccine supply has been clarified.
The number of vaccinations required per person will be once or twice, and the number of vaccinations is not decided.
Regarding the domestic vaccine supply, we have reached a basic agreement with the US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer at the end of July to supply 60 million people if the development is successful.