Pfizer delivered 1.5 million doses of vaccines to Hungary up to now

Pfizer has so far delivered close to 1.5 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine to Hungary in regular weekly shipments, Pfizer Gyógyszerkereskedelmi, its Hungarian subsidiary, said on Tuesday.

“Pfizer has been delivering to Hungary its Comirnaty vaccine developed in partnership with BioNTech according to schedule over the period of more than two months to help the country’s protection efforts,” it told MTI in a statement, noting the shipment of over 690,000 doses in March alone.

Just on Tuesday, the 15th consignment containing 165,000 doses of the vaccine arrived in the country, it said.

Pfizer delivered its first consignment to Hungary on December 26, 2020

and will substantially increase the size of its consignments from the second quarter of the year, the company said.

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BioNTech-Pfizer raise 2021 vaccine output goal to 2.5 billion doses

BioNTech and Pfizer will boost manufacturing capacity of their COVID-19 vaccine to 2.5 billion doses by the end of 2021, BioNTech said on Tuesday, as it projected sales of nearly 10 billion euros ($11.7 billion) from the product this year.

Pfizer previously said the partners would likely produce between 2.3 billion and 2.4 billion doses in 2021.