EBS - U.S. to send AstraZeneca Moderna vaccines to Mexico - Bloomberg

The U.S. is preparing to ship doses of vaccines made by Moderna (MRNA +17.1%) and AstraZeneca (AZN -0.1%) to Mexico, Bloomberg reports. The AstraZeneca doses were produced at an Emergent BioSolutions (EBS +0.7%) plant in Baltimore that has been plagued by manufacturing issues. However, the FDA cleared the lots that will be exported. The number of shots Mexico will receive in the shipment is not clear. In April, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador requested 5M doses, but two weeks ago, he said the U.S. was offering more than that, according to Bloomberg. Obrador and Vice President Kamala Harris are slated to have a phone call at 5p ET today. In March, the U.S. sent 2.5M AstraZeneca doses to Mexico, but as loans.

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U.S. to send AstraZeneca, Moderna vaccines to Mexico - Bloomberg