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Health Canada Authorizes Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine

December 23, 2020
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OTTAWA—Health Canada says the COVID-19 vaccine from U.S. biotech firm Moderna is safe for use in Canada. The vaccine is the second to be greenlit in Canada, following the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine on Dec. 9. Moderna anticipates starting shipments to Canada within the next 48 hours. Up to 168,000 doses are set to arrive by the…

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Health Canada Has Final Data Needed From Moderna to Make a Decision on Vaccine

December 21, 2020
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OTTAWA—Health Canada says it will “soon” be ready to announce if it can authorize a second COVID-19 vaccine after receiving final documents from U.S. biotech firm Moderna over the weekend. Moderna’s new Canadian general manager—hired just three weeks ago to establish a Canadian office for the company—said Moderna’s team and Health Canada are in constant…

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