Exclusive: In stand-off with EU over delayed #vaccine deliveries #AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot insists @welt Brussels was late with orders. 'We signed an agreement with the UK 3 months before we did have it with Europe' (1/4, English version below) https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/plus225111355/Astra-Zeneca-Chef-Wir-behandeln-Europa-wirklich-fair.html
Pascal Soriot rejects German media reports on low efficacy in people over 65 years old. 'I don’t have any idea where this number is coming from. It’s incorrect. Several regulators of many countries have approved this vaccine for people 18 years old and above.' (2/4)
Drugmaker aims for 17m doses for EU in February & sees no proof for contractual breach due to 'best effort' agreement. 'Europe wanted to be supplied more or less at same time as UK, even though the contract was signed three months later' (3/4) https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article225095715/Astra-Zeneca-CEO-I-do-believe-we-treated-Europe-fairly.html