Global pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca, have announced they have the capacity to manufacture up to one billion doses of Covid-19 vaccine being developed at the University of Oxford.
The company has now secured a deal with the University to begin supply in September, if the current trials prove successful.
Pascal Soriot, chief executive of AstraZeneca, said: “This pandemic is a global tragedy and it is a challenge for all of humanity.
“We need to defeat the virus together or it will continue to inflict huge personal suffering and leave long-lasting economic and social scars in every country around the world.
“We are so proud to be collaborating with Oxford University to turn their ground-breaking work into a medicine that can be produced on a global scale.
“We would like to thank the US and UK governments for their substantial support to accelerate the development and production of the vaccine.
“We will do everything in our power to make this vaccine quickly and widely available.”
