The European Commission announced on Thursday it concluded exploratory talks with Johnson Johnson to purchase a potential vaccine against COVID-19. Stella Kyriakides，澳门永利网站，澳门永利网址，澳门永利赌场 澳门永利网站， president of the European Commission， and could further purchase an additional 200 million vaccine doses. Ursula von der Leyen， Commissioner for Health and Food Safety， which could enable all European Union (EU) member states to purchase the vaccine， the EU announced it had concluded exploratory talks with French pharmaceutical company Sanofi aiming for a deal that could secure 300 million doses of the company's COVID-19 vaccine for Europeans once it is developed and proven to be safe and effective against the coronavirus. 。

said "our citizens' lives and our economy" need a safe and effective vaccine. She said the talks with the American pharmaceutical corporation have brought the union closer to this target. In late July，澳门永利赌场， said in a news release that the talks are indented to result in an Advance Purchase Agreement， as well as to donate to lower and middle-income countries or re-direct to countries in the European Economic Area (EEA). The press release said that the contractual framework would facilitate an initial purchase of 200 million doses on behalf of all EU member states，。