Jurist EU sues AstraZeneca over delayed COVID-19 vaccine supply

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Stefan De Keersmaecker, the European Commission‘s Public Health and Food Safety Spokesperson, said Monday that Brussels has initiated legal proceedings against AstraZeneca over its delayed supply of COVID-19 vaccines.

AstraZeneca delivered 50 million fewer vaccinations to the EU than stipulated in the contract between AstraZeneca and the EU.

The Advance Purchase Agreement was published last year with some redactions. It stipulated that AstraZeneca would provide 400 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to the EU. 80 million of those doses were to be provided in 2021’s first quarter, but according to the European Commission, only 30 million were provided.

AstraZeneca responded to the news of the legal proceedings in a statement, saying it “has fully complied with the Advance Purchase Agreement with the European Commission and will strongly defend itself in court.”

AstraZeneca said about the delays:

Vaccines are difficult to manufacture, as evidenced by the supply challenges several companies are facing in Europe and around the world. We are making progress addressing the technical challenges and our output is improving, but the production cycle of a vaccine is very long which means these improvements take time to result in increased finished vaccine doses.

The EU has endorsed the AstraZeneca vaccine for use. Although some concerns abounded about its side effects, the World Health Organization (WHO) stated that it “considers that the benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine outweigh its risks and recommends that vaccinations continue.” The European Medicine Agency echoed the WHO’s conclusion.

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