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The EU has a contract with AZ that makes ensuring vaccine supply to the EU the company's problem, even explicitly requiring the use of UK plants for this purpos
by renaudg 6y ago
The EU has a contract with AZ that makes ensuring vaccine supply to the EU the company's problem, even explicitly requiring the use of UK plants for this purpose if need be.
The problem is that AZ had also promised the UK it would have priority over the goods produced on its soil :
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/health-pharma/dragging-astrazeneca-to-inevitable-compromise-in-covid-19-vaccine-row-1.4471383 https://www.irishtimes.com/business/health-pharma/dragging-a...
- blibble 6y agothey might have a contract with AZ, but it's very likely to be the wrong AZ... instead of AstraZeneca plc (.uk parent company) their contract is with AstraZeneca AB (.se subsidiary) the UK vaccine operation will be under the control of AB plc I would bet the commission insisted on having it with an EU entity without having thought the ramifications