EU prepares legal action against AstraZeneca over COVID vaccine shortage

The executive arm of the European Union (EU) is preparing to take legal action before the weekend against AstraZeneca Plc for failing to deliver the promised amount of doses to the blockBloomberg reports, citing a diplomatic source and an EU official on Thursday.

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“The action, which must be agreed by all member states, has been discussed for weeks by the bloc’s ambassadors.”

Some governments do not fully agree with the legal maneuver. “

AstraZeneca delivered just 30 million of its originally committed 120 million doses to the European Union in the first quarter “.

This comes after Politico reported on Wednesday, citing five unidentified sources, that the European Commission is preparing to start legal proceedings against the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker.

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