Japanese drugs manufacturer Takeda has announced that Tokyo has commissioned it to produce US firm Novavax’s Covid jab, as the country moves to making the vaccine domestically.
In a statement released on Tuesday, Takeda said Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare would be buying 150 million doses of Novavax’s vaccine candidate TAK-019. Although it hasn’t yet been greenlighted for use in Japan, it will be manufactured and distributed by Takeda from early next year, if localized clinical trials prove to be a success.
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