Netherlands played leading role in securing promising vaccine for Europe

The European Commission on Thursday made an agreement with Janssen Pharmaceutical about securing a possible vaccine against the coronavirus for European Union member states. If the development of the vaccine goes well, the EU will have the option to purchase 400 million vaccines from Janssen. The Netherlands played a leading role in the negotiations, also because Janssen is based in Leiden, the Ministry of Public Health announced.Submitted by Janene Pieters on Friday, 14 August 2020 - 08:30 https://nltimes.nl/2020/08/14/netherlands-played-leading-role-securing-promising-vaccine-europe