US grants $265m for Fujifilm's COVID-19 vaccine project

Assistance comes as Trump administration pushes ahead with Operation Warp Speed

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U.S. President Donald Trump said that the U.S. government will award $265 million to Fujifilm Holdings to help expand vaccine production to combat the coronavirus pandemic. He visited the Bioprocess Innovation Center at Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies in Morrisville, North Carolina on July 27. © AP

TAISEI HOYAMA, Nikkei staff writer

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government announced on Monday that it will award $265 million to Fujifilm Holdings to help expand vaccine production to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

President Donald Trump made the announcement when he visited the Bioprocess Innovation Center at Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies in Morrisville, North Carolina.

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