U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Wednesday the federal government has signed a contract with Pfizer Inc. <PFE.N> for 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccine, once it is approved.
"We just signed a contract with global pharmaceutical leader Pfizer to produce 100 million doses of vaccine starting in December of this year with an option to buy a half a billion doses," Azar said on Fox News. "Now those would of course have to be safe and effective."
(Reporting by Lisa Lambert; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
