Providence Therapeutics CEO Brad Sorenson says he has been approached by a number of provincial premiers and the federal government about his company's made-in-Canada vaccine. Last month, the Calgary-based company started human trials for its coronavirus vaccine candidate. Human clinical trials have begun in Toronto for a proposed COVID-19 vaccine by Calgary-based Providence Therapeutics. (Providence Therapeutics/The Canadian Press)The office of Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne approached Providence Therapeutics about the Canadian-made coronavirus vaccine, Sorenson told Power & Politics guest host Catherine Cullen. Earlier this week, Manitoba struck a deal with Providence Therapeutics to buy two million doses of its coronavirus vaccine, bypassing the federal government's vaccine procurement efforts.

Source: CBC News February 13, 2021 01:30 UTC