On Sept. 22, 2020, Sanofi and GSK announcement showcased their unwavering commitment to develop a COVID-19 vaccine that is available to everyone when it comes to market.

Both companies have vaccine manufacturing sites in Canada that are contributing to overall global COVID-19 vaccine development, and these plus their global industrial networks will play a pivotal role in the production of the COVID-19 vaccine doses for Canada – as agreed today.

The Companies initiated a Phase 1/ 2 study on 3^rd September and anticipate first results in early December 2020, to support the initiation of a Phase 3 study before the end of the year. If these data are sufficient for licensure application, it is planned to request regulatory approval in the first half of 2021. In parallel, Sanofi and GSK are scaling up manufacturing of the antigen and adjuvant with the target of producing up to one billion doses in total per year globally.

On 18^th September Sanofi and GSK signed a final agreement with the European Commission to supply European countries with up to 300 million doses from their European industrial networks.

In July 2020, Sanofi and GSK announced a collaborative effort with the U.S. government to supply up to 100 million doses of their adjuvanted COVID-19 recombinant vaccine. The U.S. government has a further option to discuss the purchase of up to an additional 500 million doses longer term. Both Companies also agreed with the UK government to supply up to 60 million doses of recombinant protein-based COVID-19 vaccine