Moderna, Arcturus ready to supply up to 25M COVID-19 vaccines to the Philippines, says envoy

Published December 18, 2020 8:35am
By MICHAELA DEL CALLAR

Two more American biopharmaceutical firms Moderna and Arcturus are ready to supply four to 25 million of their respective COVID-19 vaccines to the Philippines, Manila’s top diplomat to Washington said Friday.

Philippine Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez said the vaccines will be ready beginning third quarter of 2021 should the Philippine government find their proposals acceptable.

“We are hoping our government will consider the promising candidates of Moderna and Arcturus for inclusion in our country’s pool of anti-COVID vaccines,” Romualdez said in a statement.

A US panel of experts has voted to recommend emergency approval of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, paving the way for six million doses to start shipping as soon as this weekend.

The US Food and Drug Administration is now expected to imminently grant an emergency use authorization (EUA), which would make Moderna’s vaccine the second to be approved in a Western country.

SOURCE: https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/768500/moderna-arcturus-ready-to-supply-up-to-25m-covid-19-vaccines-to-the-philippines-says-envoy/story/