Operation Warp Speed Mckesson
Trump administration collaborates with mckesson for covid 19 vaccine distribution.
Operation warp speed mckesson. On may 15 2020 the united states government announced operation warp speed ows a partnership of the department of health and human services hhs the department of defense dod and the. The operation warp speed distribution strategy uses a centralized distributor mckesson for all vaccine candidates except pfizer. Operation warp speed however had indicated that the department of defense will be handling that aspect. Operation warp speeds goal is to produce and deliver 300 million doses of safe and effective vaccines with the initial doses available by january 2021 as part of a broader strategy to accelerate the development manufacturing and distribution of covid 19 vaccines therapeutics and diagnostics collectively known as countermeasures.
Department of health and human services hhs and department of defense dod in support of operation warp speed ows announced today that mckesson corporation will be a central distributor of future covid 19 vaccines and related supplies needed to administer the pandemic vaccinations. Mckesson will apparently work with the cdc to transport the vaccines to sites where they will be administered. Governments operation warp speed team as a centralized distributor of future covid 19 vaccines and ancillary supplies needed to administer vaccinations. Vaccines from moderna and other operation warp speed candidate vaccines would likely be moved by the medical supply company mckesson which has a contract with the government to distribute covid.
In the centralized model the us. Mckesson will support the us. Operation warp speed is also stockpiling kits of the needles syringes and alcohol swabs needed to give the shot. This is intentionally done due to the companys internal.
Mck will expand its existing partnership with the centers for disease control cdc to support the us. Mckesson corp pfizer is handling its own. Under the leadership of president trump the us. A global leader in the healthcare industry mckesson corporation nyse.
The medical distribution company mckesson says it already has produced enough. Governments operation warp speed ows team as a centralized distributor of future covid 19 vaccines and ancillary supplies needed to administer vaccinations.