Pfizer to Buy 8.1 Percent Stake in French Vaccines Company Valneva

Pfizer to Buy 8.1 Percent Stake in French Vaccines Company Valneva
A person walks past a Pfizer logo in the Manhattan borough of New York on April 1, 2021. Carlo Allegri/Reuters
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PARIS—U.S. healthcare giant Pfizer has agreed to invest 90.5 million euros ($95.24 million) to buy an 8.1 percent stake in French vaccines company, as the companies announced developments in their partnership to tackle the Lyme disease.

Pfizer will buy the stake in Valneva, which is also working on its COVID-19 vaccine, at a price of 9.49 euros per share, via a reserved capital increase.