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> The USA negociated more slowly than the EU. The US signed their AZ deal months before the EU and UK. They threw billions of dollars at every company they cou

> The USA negociated more slowly than the EU. The US signed their AZ deal months before the EU and UK. They threw billions of dollars at every company they could find, readily paying high rates while other countries tried to negotiate lower ones. So I'm really not sure where this idea of yours comes from. $1.2 Billion to AZ in May: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/05/21/trump-administration-accelerates-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-to-be-available-beginning-in-october.html https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/05/21/trump-administrati... EU's deal was signed in August: https://www.fiercepharma.com/manufacturing/az-nets-396m-downpayment-for-300m-plus-eu-vaccine-doses https://www.fiercepharma.com/manufacturing/az-nets-396m-down... $1.95 Billion to Pfizer in July: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/10/health/was-the-pfizer-vaccine-part-of-the-governments-operation-warp-speed.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/10/health/was-the-pfizer-vac... EU's deal with Pfizer was in November: https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-and-biontech-reach-agreement-supply-eu-200-million https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-deta...

systemvoltage 6y ago
Didn't Italy just recently tried to block exports to Australia?
Aengeuad 6y ago
Minor nitpick but the UK signed a deal with AZ a couple of days before the US, it was the EU that was 3 months late to the party. Clicking through your second link you get to the article about the US deal on the 21st of May: https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/astrazeneca-scores-1b-from-u-s-signs-up-to-deliver-hundreds-millions-covid-19-vaccines https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/astrazeneca-scores-1b-fr... and again for the UK deal on the 17th of May: https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/after-signing-up-to-deliver-u-k-shots-first-astrazeneca-talks-to-supply-covid-19-vaccines https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/after-signing-up-to-deli...

systemvoltage 6y ago

Didn't Italy just recently tried to block exports to Australia?

Aengeuad 6y ago

Minor nitpick but the UK signed a deal with AZ a couple of days before the US, it was the EU that was 3 months late to the party. Clicking through your second link you get to the article about the US deal on the 21st of May: https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/astrazeneca-scores-1b-from-u-s-signs-up-to-deliver-hundreds-millions-covid-19-vaccines https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/astrazeneca-scores-1b-fr... and again for the UK deal on the 17th of May: https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/after-signing-up-to-deliver-u-k-shots-first-astrazeneca-talks-to-supply-covid-19-vaccines https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/after-signing-up-to-deli...