SEOUL — Moderna Inc and Novavax Inc entered into a deal with the South Korean government to manufacture their COVID-19 vaccines, as the country has been under pressure to secure more and faster deliveries of U.S.-made vaccines.
Saturday’s agreements with the U.S. drugmakers came a day after U.S. President Joe Biden said that he and South Korean President Moon Jae-in had agreed on a comprehensive partnership on COVID-19 vaccines and that the United States would provide vaccinations for 550,000 South Korean soldiers.
Moon, under pressure over the COVID-19 pandemic, said a vaccine partnership would combine U.S. expertise and Korean production capacity.
Moderna, whose shot…
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