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UK Seeks to Purchase 6.3 Million RSV Vaccines for Babies, Elderly
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March 12, 2024
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0:57Now PlayingThe UK is looking to purchase as many as 6.3 million vaccines and treatments to protect babies and elderly people against a common respiratory virus as countries race to secure supplies in time for next winter.
The government has put out a tender notice with its planned orders for drugs that are only currently sold by GSK Plc, Pfizer Inc. and AstraZeneca Plc together with Sanofi, suggesting it’s getting ahead of the European Union, which is still scoping out member states’ interest in joint purchases.
The plan is a boon for the drugmakers, which just introduced competing products against respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, a target that had eluded scientists for decades. The common ailment can sometimes turn deadly — especially in the very young and the elderly — and an influx of patients puts pressure on health systems every winter.
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