[Reuters]US President Joe Biden plans to buy and donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer (PFE.N) coronavirus vaccine to more than 90 countries, while calling on the world’s democracies to do their part to help end the deadly pandemic, the White House said. US drugmaker Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech (22UAy.DE) confirmed they will provide 200 million doses in 2021 and 300 million doses in the first half of 2022, which the United States will then distribute to 92 lower-income countries and the African Union. It is meant to "supercharge the global fight against the pandemic," the White House said. They will be part of the total U.S. commitment of $4 billion to COVAX announced earlier this year, a White House official said. Pfizer plans to produce the half a billion doses at its facilities in Kalamazoo, Michigan; McPherson, Kansas; Chesterfield, Missouri; and Andover, Massachusetts, the White House said.

Source: Standard Digital June 10, 2021 10:41 UTC