BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) (ITALPRESS) – “Thanks to reliable partners”, such as Pfizer and BioNTech, “the vaccination campaign in the European Union is accelerating”. This was stated by the president of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, today on a visit to the Belgian plant in Puurs of the pharmaceutical company Pfizer. Confident, the president also recalled that at this rate, “we will have enough doses” to reach the goal of 70% of adults vaccinated “as early as July”. Furthermore, Von der Leyen announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has given the green light for “an increase in the production capacity of the site by an additional 20%”. The expansion will make the Puurs plant “one of the largest in Europe”, but the site already boasted another record. Indeed, it was in Puurs that the European Union began producing large-scale mRNA-based vaccines for the first time. Von der Leyen’s visit took place a few days after the announcement by the European Commission that it “has started negotiations” for a new contract with the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, for the supply of 1.8 billion vaccines for the period 2021- 2023 “. (ITALPRESS). Alp / sat / red 23-Apr-21 15:11
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