'AstraZeneca, Sputnik V maker to sign cooperation MoU'

AstraZeneca, Russia's Sputnik V developer to sign cooperation memorandum: Kremlin

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Britain's AstraZeneca and Russia's Gamaleya Institute, which developed the Sputnik V vaccine, will sign a memorandum of intent on cooperation on Monday, the Kremlin said.

Russia's RDIF sovereign wealth fund said this month AstraZeneca would start clinical trials to test a combination of its experimental Covid-19 vaccine with the Sputnik V shot to see if this can boost the efficacy of the British drugmaker's vaccine.

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