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AstraZeneca was the first pharmaceutical laboratory to launch a vaccine on the market at the end of 2020, a year after the appearance of the virus.

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[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 14 points 6 months ago

They don’t want people using an ineffective product (new strains) just because they have surplus of it that then hurts their public image

[-] Darkonion@kbin.social 6 points 6 months ago

Or they’d like countries that have a reserve be forced to abandon that supply and buy fresh stock.

[-] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Well, the virus mutating took care of that for them.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

I don’t know if they are involved in the mRNA vaccines that have taken the market

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