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COVID vaccine delivery drivers may be busy Christmas Day

UPS drivers wearing yellow raincoats unload boxes of vaccine from a van.

FedEx and UPS are delivering COVID-19 vaccines to many more locations this week as the logistics campaign behind the nationwide immunization program continues to scale up and settle into a predictable rhythm.

And they may not stop for Christmas. 

The recently approved Moderna (NASDQ: MRNA) vaccine is going to 3,400 locations on Monday and Tuesday, with an additional 1,000 administration sites receiving Pfizer Inc.’s (NYSE: PFE) vaccine, said U.S. Army General Gus Perna, who heads the Operation...

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FedEx, UPS mobilize to deliver Moderna COVID vaccine

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FedEx Express and UPS are mobilizing their delivery networks to begin shipping Moderna Inc.’s (NASDQ: MRNA) COVID-19 vaccine after the Food and Drug Administration late Friday issued an emergency use authorization.

In a repeat of last week’s schedule for the first release of Pfizer Inc.’s vaccine, FedEx (NYSE: FDX) and UPS (NYSE: UPS) trucks are expected to begin rolling out of distribution centers on Sunday with boxes of vaccine packed in dry ice. Dosing sites will begin receiving vaccines on...

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Operation Warp Speed chief showers praise on FedEx, UPS

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U.S. Army Gen. Gus Perna is not one to be awestruck by a well-executed logistics plan. But he’s enamored with FedEx Corp.’s and UPS’ performance during the first week of distribution for Pfizer Inc.’s (NYSE: PFE) COVID-19 vaccine.

The military is a no-excuses, bottom-line world: Get the job done. And Perna has spent years helping manage the Defense Department’s massive logistics requirements, most recently as commander of Army Materiel Command. He also logged time at the Pentagon as Army deputy...

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US offers vaccine makers supply chain support as delivery tempo increases

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U.S. officials say they are working with pharmaceutical companies to increase manufacturing capacity and production of COVID vaccines as the pace of order fulfillment to states picks up.

Another 886 hospitals and other administration sites are scheduled to receive their first shipments of the lifesaving drug Thursday, with long-term care facilities being added to the distribution list the next two days, Operation Warp Speed officials said during a press conference Wednesday.

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More than 3,000 sites to receive Moderna COVID vaccine

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Moderna Inc.’s (NASDQ: MRNA) COVID-19 vaccine could be shipped as early as Sunday, but to five times as many distribution points as Pfizer Inc.’s (NYSE: PFE) product is heading to in its initial wave, according to federal officials.

But maintaining adequate safety stock is a key consideration in both cases.

A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel is expected Thursday to recommend emergency use authorization for Moderna’s vaccine after clinical trials showed it to be 95% effective. If...

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COVID vaccine logistics to start as sprint, turn into marathon

White FedEx planes with blue tails, with an image of the coronavirus as art. FedEx is helping ship supplies to combat the coronavirus.

About 40 million doses of two leading COVID-19 vaccines could be available for nationwide distribution by the end of December, with similar amounts metered out each month afterward in a carefully synchronized manner to ensure all jurisdictions have a predictable supply, Operation Warp Speed officials said at a press conference Wednesday.

Vaccine candidates from Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and Moderna (NASDQ: MRNA) are expected to soon be authorized for emergency use by the Food and Drug...

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