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27 Jan, 5 tweets, 4 min read

#BREAKING AstraZeneca pulls out of meeting on EU vaccine delay

#UPDATE A senior EU official on Wednesday contested drug company AstraZeneca's explanation for a delay in vaccine deliveries and stressed Brussels is demanding it fulfil its contract
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#UPDATE Confusion reigned on Wednesday over a scheduled meeting between #AstraZeneca and the EU to discuss the pharmaceutical group's delay in delivering its Covid-19 vaccine, a Commission spokeswoman telling journalists the situation was "evolving" u.afp.com/UiPx

#BREAKING AstraZeneca's two UK plants making Covid-19 vaccine must share production with EU under contract drugs firm signed with Brussels, officials say

#UPDATE #AstraZeneca's two UK plants making Covid-19 vaccine must share production with the EU under the contract the British-Swedish firm drugs firm signed with Brussels, two officials said on Wednesday u.afp.com/UiWZ

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