On German radio this morning, the European Commission President made clear she disputed the reasons given by Astra Zeneca for why it couldn’t honour its vaccine contract with the EU.. #covid /1
Mrs von der Leyen also disputed Astra Zeneca’s suggestion that the company’s UK based sites had to serve the UK first. She said their contract made clear the EU would have access to the UK and EU sites. She again called on Astra Zeneca to publish the contract immediately /2
Today the EU will announce details of new “transparency” regulations, requiring pharmaceutical companies to reveal how much of the vaccine/parts of the vaccine they’re producing, where they wish to export them to and when. EU countries could then authorise exports. Or not /3
EU insists this isn’t designed as an export ban but it gives powers to EU countries -in theory- to block vaccine exports until pharmaceutical companies honour their contractual commitments with the EU /4
EU officials say the new rules are primarily aimed at AstraZeneca but they say WTO regulations mean regulations need to be applied to all pharmaceutical companies producing the vaccine inside the EU not just one /5
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