{"id":138742,"date":"2021-02-09T11:40:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T02:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=138742&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-02-09T11:40:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T02:40:03","slug":"kumamoto-company-partners-with-astrazeneca-for-vaccine-formulation","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kumamoto-company-partners-with-astrazeneca-for-vaccine-formulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumamoto Company Partners with Astrazeneca for Vaccine Formulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The British\u2013Swedish pharmaceutical company, Astrazeneca, announced a partnership with KM Biologics in Kumamoto City for the domestic formulation of new coronavirus vaccines. Vaccines of Astrazeneca will be imported to Japan from the U.S. and Europe in a fully-prepared form, except for 9,000 doses that need formulations and fills. KM Biologics will use its facility to produce flu vaccines for those tasks and continue its vaccine development against the new coronavirus. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kmbiologics.com\/corporate\/news\/2021\/pdf\/20210205_01.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KM biologics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kumanichi.com\/news\/id20320\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kumanichi<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/tag\/corona\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#fukuokacorona<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-138743\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/vaccine-shot.jpg?resize=1024%2C636&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/vaccine-shot.jpg?resize=1024%2C636&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/vaccine-shot.jpg?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/vaccine-shot.jpg?resize=768%2C477&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/vaccine-shot.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo by<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@diana_pole?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diana Polekhina<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unsplash<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; for image purpose only<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Disclaimer<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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