As U.K. secures access to two more vaccines, task force Chair Bingham says more to come

U.K. Vaccine Taskforce Chair Kate Bingham says supply agreements for U.K. access to COVID-19 vaccines from Valneva and partners BioNTech and Pfizer and are the first of up to eight vaccine deals expected in the near term.

The U.K. government announced on Monday supply deals for up to 130 million doses of two COVID-19 vaccines, as well as a deal with AstraZeneca plc (LSE:AZN; NYSE:AZN) for 1 million doses of the pharma’s anti-SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing mAb cocktail...