ALEX BRUMMER: The EU vaccine war has spoiled Pascal Soriot’s triumph at Astrazeneca By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 17:50 EDT, 24 March 2021 | Updated: 17:50 EDT, 24 March 2021 AstraZeneca is among the real corporate heroes of the
An EU politician has accused AstraZeneca of acting with ‘dishonesty’ and ‘arrogance’ in a dramatic escalation of the bloc’s row over vaccine supplies. Belgian MEP Philippe Lamberts today launched a blistering attack on the UK-based company, which he said had ‘over-promised and under-delivered’ on
The senior MEP ordered a tough crackdown on the firm the firm for failing to fulfil its contract with the bloc. And he insisted Brussels should adopt a hardline position on exports abroad – warning that European factories have shipped more life-saving
The Indian factory churning out AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine has reportedly asked the country’s government for permission to ship five million more doses to the UK. Indian media reports that the Serum Institute has written to ministers for permission to export the vaccine
Taking the contraceptive pill and smoking may have been behind blood clots found in people who had the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, experts believe. European medical regulators are investigating what triggered the handful of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CSVT) cases. But the bloc’s health
The Anglo-Swedish jab producer has been accused by La Stampa of hiding 29 million doses in the Catalent plant in Anagni, in the Lazio region, after Italian authorities tipped by the Commission inspected the facility. According to sources of the Italian daily,
Phillippe Lamberts told the BBC’s Today Programme that AstraZeneca is a company that cannot be relied upon and pointed to a lack of commitment to European Union orders. However, Justin Webb pointed out that the trading bloc currently has millions of doses
Phillippe Lamberts slammed AstraZeneca’s actions for causing a quarrel between the European Commission and the UK Government. The furious Belgian MEP stated that AstraZeneca has a track record of overpromising and underdelivering. Mr Lamberts said: “We are in this situation not because
EU leaders are threatening to block shipments of AstraZeneca vaccines to the UK even as its citizens balk at the idea of taking the jab, leaving millions of doses sitting un-used across the continent. There are currently 5.5million shots of AstraZeneca’s Covid
Ursula von der Leyen will tomorrow unveil tweaked powers to keep hold of millions of life-saving Covid vaccines produced at an AstraZeneca plant in the Netherlands. The European Commission President will use her draconian export ban to demand the lion’s share of