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The Anglo-Swedish drugmaker has been beneath fireplace within the buying and selling bloc for slicing provides a number of occasions to ranges a lot decrease than promised, and potential authorized motion had been mentioned beforehand.
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- Last Updated:April 22, 2021, 13:25 IST
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The European Commission is engaged on authorized proceedings towards AstraZeneca after the drugmaker lower Covid-19 vaccine deliveries to the European Union, in accordance with sources aware of the matter.
An EU official concerned in talks with vaccine makers advised Reuters on Thursday {that a} story https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-preparing-legal-case-against-astrazeneca-over-vaccine-shortfalls by Politico on the matter was appropriate. “EU states must determine in the event that they (will) take part. It is about achievement of deliveries by the tip of the second quarter.”
The Anglo-Swedish drugmaker has been under fire in the trading bloc for cutting supplies several times to levels much lower than promised, and potential legal action had been discussed previously.
There was no immediate response from AstraZeneca on Thursday to a request for comment.
Under its contract with the EU, the company had committed to delivering 180 million vaccine doses in the second quarter.
Chief Executive Pascal Soriot told a hearing of the EU parliament in February that he hoped to meet EU expectations on deliveries in that period.
Politico reported the latest possible legal action citing five unnamed European Union diplomats, adding that at a meeting of ambassadors on Wednesday a majority of EU countries said they would support suing the company.
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