Novartis aims to bottle more than 50 million doses of BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in 2021

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Novartis aims to bottle more than 50 mln doses of BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in 2021

FILE PHOTO: The company’s logo is seen at the new cell and gene therapy factory of Swiss drugmaker Novartis in Stein, Switzerland, November 28, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo

ZURICH, June 22 (Reuters) – Novartis aims to help manufacture more than 50 million doses of BioNTech’s (22UAy.DE) COVID-19 vaccine in 2021 at its Stein, Switzerland fill-and-finish facility, the Swiss drugmaker said, after the European Union’s drug regulator approved the bottling plant.

Reporting by John Miller Editing by Chris Reese

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https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/novartis-aims-bottle-more-than-50-mln-doses-biontech-covid-19-vaccine-2021-2021-06-22