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‘Advanced negotiations’: Australia aiming to lock in COVID-19 vaccine deal – Sydney Morning Herald
The Morrison government is expected to sign off on a deal with the British drugmaker AstraZeneca to secure the University of Oxford’s vaccine as soon as the first half of next year.
He said the government was in “advanced negotiations” with a range of foreign governments and drug companies about securing early access to a vaccine to combat the deadly and highly infectious COVID-19 when it became available.
“There are lead Australian candidates, as well as international candidates, so we’re making significant progress,” Mr Hunt said.
More than 160 candidate vaccines are in progress around the world, with 29 in human trials, according to a World Health Organisation overview…
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