MANILA, Philippines — As AstraZeneca and Moderna are no longer taking orders for its vaccines, presidential adviser for entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said the private sector is now eyeing to secure doses of the vaccine developed by Novavax.
Both Moderna and Novavax are American biotechnology firms while AstraZeneca is a British pharmaceutical company. Novavax is manufactured in India.
In a televised briefing on Tuesday, Concepcion said Moderna “already committed their full allocation so they’re not taking orders.”
“Yung AstraZeneca rin wala nang ma-supply. ‘Yung 17 million, yun na yung huling order. Kinausap ko sila sa batch 3, ayaw na nila kasi talagang kulang na kulan…
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