COVID-19 vaccine: AstraZeneca boss hits back at EU criticism over supply delays
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COVID-19 vaccine: AstraZeneca boss hits back at EU criticism over supply delays
The CEO of the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company says the EU signed its contract with the firm three months after the UK did, allowing for less time to iron out production problems.
The European Commission has launched a probe to examine how China favours its domestic companies in tenders for medical devices and weigh possible tit-for-tat measures.
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UNRWA’s commissioner general says attacks on the agency’s reputation were intended to strip Palestinians of refugee status, a day after independent report found Israel still hadn’t provided any evidence staff had links to terror groups.
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The EU Commission president's attack on the pharmaceutical firm in the supply dispute comes on the day the European Medicines Agency is expected to authorise use of its vaccine.
Europe's battle to secure COVID-19 vaccines intensified on Thursday, as it threatened to use legal means, and even block exports, to ensure supply. Lucy Fielder reports.
The World Health Organization's Europe director Hans Kluge said on Thursday that vaccine manufacturers were working non-stop to plug shortfalls in supplies, and urged countries not to jostle for..
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