NEW: EU official says EU has contacted AstraZeneca to seek approval to publish vaccine contract
Official says the company has been "very, very" protective of the contract, so it is "surprising" that Pascal Soriot revealed elements of the contract in the interview with Die Welt and La Republicca
Official says AZ contract was worth EUR 336m
Official: "We look forward to have a good discussion" with the company to resolve issues.
Official says contracts are concluded under EU law, so issues of interpretation in the case of legal action [relating to delivery of supplies] could be referred to the ECJ
Official says: We have significant reporting requirements, very strict obligations, the breach of reporting obligations wd allow EU to suspend payments to AZ. But focus of our attention is performance of contract now, because vaccines are needed now.
EU official: It took AZ very long to file these clinical trials and data, we were aware of difficulties in the data, but that is separate from difficulties in production.
Official: At beginning of December we saw some indication of problems [in production], but we were relaxed about it. Then on Friday we saw a "massive" shortfall
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