Pfizer says it has signed an agreement with the Canadian government to supply its coronavirus vaccine.
The announcement came in the form of a tweet an hour before markets opened and two hours before a scheduled announcement from the Canadian government about vaccine procurement that is set to take place at 10 a.m.
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Pfizer also last month inked a deal with the U.S. government to supply the first 100 million doses of the vaccine it is developing in December, in a partnership with BioNTech SE.
The Canadian deal also appears to be a collaboration with the biotechnology firm.
More to come.
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