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EU will not renew AstraZeneca contract as it pivots towards Pfizer's vaccine
The European Commission will not renew its order of AstraZeneca vaccines when it expires this summer, amid legal disputes over supply issues and a pivot towards the Pfizer jab.
"We haven't renewed the contract beyond the month of June," Thierry Breton, the European internal market commissioner told French radio.
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The EU originally wanted to use the AstraZeneca jab as the main driver of its vaccination campaign and could have triggered a clause for an additional 100 million doses.
But the move away from the vaccine is not unexpected given the fraught relations between the EU and the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company in recent months.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/eu-says-wont-renew-astrazeneca-145141522.html
