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U.S. pharmaceutical distributors are talking to federal officials about increasing the number of companies shipping Covid-19 vaccines as part of a Biden administration push to speed inoculations, Reuters reports. The Trump administration signed an exclusive deal with McKesson (MCK) to ship vaccines for the government. The system has broadly worked, but will face new demands as additional vaccines from Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and others are expected to be added. Cardinal Health (CAH) and AmerisourceBergen (ABC) have made proposals to take on distribution.
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