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The UK manufactures the first COVID-19 vaccine
90-year-old Margaret Keenan received the first Pfizer- BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine , in Coventry , UK . There are 40 Pfizer-owned vaccine manufacturing sites and over 200 suppliers across the world , with Pfizer manufacturing 200mn doses of Pfizer vaccines each year and being one of the biggest sterile injectables suppliers globally .
Preparation begins for the next pandemic and the next vaccine
In preparation for the next pandemic , pharmaceutical company Sanofi is investing € 900mn in two new vaccine manufacturing facilities in France and Singapore , known as Evolutive Vaccine Facilities ( EVFs ). BioNTech and Hilleman Laboratories will be in charge of manufacturing the vaccine , whenever the next pandemic occurs .
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