The EU Commission President also said that Astrazeneca "explicitly assured" the EU that other obligations would not impede EU delivery. The EU is entitled to doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine produced in the UK, the bloc said on Friday. The publication of the contract comes amid an escalating row between the EU and the pharmaceutical giant over a delay to EU deliveries of the vaccine. The heavily redacted contract says AstraZeneca shall use its “best reasonable efforts” to manufacture the 300 million doses within the EU, which for manufacturing purposes, includes the UK. It is a contractual obligation, a declaration by AstraZeneca as to where the drug substance manufacturing is taking place,” the EU official said on Friday.

Source: Irish Independent January 29, 2021 15:34 UTC