A part of the problem in judging this question is a major lack of transparency over the commercial agreements between pharma companies and states.
Despite involving hundreds of millions of $£€ of public money most of these contracts have not been published...
Despite involving hundreds of millions of $£€ of public money most of these contracts have not been published...
https://twitter.com/BenChu_/status/1354213077617684480
So when claims are made by the two sides in a row like this about breach of contract/terms of agreements etc it's impossible for analysts and journalists to check them.
That's obviously deeply unsatisfactory and actually undemocratic...
That's obviously deeply unsatisfactory and actually undemocratic...
When AstraZeneca claims its agreement with the EU was to provide vaccines on a "best efforts" basis how do we know that's accurate?
When the EU claims AstraZeneca has failed to fulfill its delivery schedule how can we check what that delivery schedule actually was?
And so on
When the EU claims AstraZeneca has failed to fulfill its delivery schedule how can we check what that delivery schedule actually was?
And so on
The argument from public authorities for not publishing full vaccine supply contracts and info (and note this is made by UK too) is it would impede the ability of states to negotiate good deals with other manufacturers.
That was always dubious & is surely even less tenable now
That was always dubious & is surely even less tenable now
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