Read on Twitter
"If the European Commission's covid-jab-purchase agreement with CureVac is anything to go by, EUHQ may not have much of a legal leg to stand on with its gripes over #AstraZeneca's vaccine-delivery delays..the CureVac one is spotted with get-outs over potential delays in delivery" https://twitter.com/Berlaymonster/status/1353793728234876928
"It would go some way to explain how the company has been seemingly able to fall short of its commitments to the EU. And why the commission has had to resort to means outside the agreement to try and enforce it, such as potential export measures."
Production trouble was in any case expected already in June 2020, when issues to find skilled staff at AZ's Belgian plant was mentioned as one challenge to produce much more quickly. You'd expect AZ to have negotiated provisions in case this occurs: https://twitter.com/pietercleppe/status/1353721415044915200?s=19
Not a good look for the EU and @SKyriakidesEU if #AstraZeneca can now indeed prove it has breached no contract. Vaccine protectionism and political posturing to divert attention from policy failures is the last thing we need right now. https://twitter.com/pietercleppe/status/1353793850561671171?s=19
