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			 Novartis plans to manufacture the mRNA molecules that the two-shot 
			vaccine is based on as well as "bulk drug product" for up to 50 
			million doses by the end of 2021 and up to a further 200 million 
			doses in 2022, the two companies said in statements on Thursday. 
 Delivery from the manufacturing site in Kundl, Austria, is expected 
			to start in summer 2021, they added.
 
 (Reporting by Ludwig Burger, editing by Thomas Escritt)
 
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