A lot of the federal contracts for COVID-19 vaccines permit for Canada to donate a few of its doses to different nations or worldwide support organizations, and in no less than three instances, say doses can be resold.
Public Companies and Procurement Canada quietly tabled eight contracts with the Home of Commons well being committee Friday afternoon as a partial response to its large request for COVID-19-related paperwork.
The eight contracts for vaccines from Sanofi, Medicago, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Moderna, Novavax, Johnson & Johnson and the COVAX world vaccine sharing alliance are all closely redacted with no details about the worth Canada is paying or the specifics of when the doses can be delivered.
Procurement Minister Anita Anand has repeatedly mentioned the contracts contained confidentiality clauses that prevented her from releasing them, including she wasn’t going to violate these clauses and threat jeopardizing Canada’s vaccine provide.
The contracts say Canada can donate doses purchased from AstraZeneca, Sanofi, J&J, Novavax, and Medicago, and may resell doses from the remaining three suppliers.
Canada’s buy agreements embody a minimal of 251 million doses, greater than twice the 76 million it wants to offer two doses to each individual.
