The EU breaks the contract with AstraZeneca

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The rope was so stretched that it ended up breaking. The relationship between the European Union and AstraZeneca has been plagued by conflict disappointment, broken promises and other problems since the start of the pandemic. Finally, it has ended with the EU's decision not to renew the contract with the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca . "The European Commission, in agreement with the leaders of many countries, has decided that contracts with companies producing adenovirus vaccines valid for the current year will not be renewed upon expiration," reported La Stampa and reported by Reuters already in mid of April . Days later, the Commission took legal action against AstraZeneca "based on breaches of the advance purchase contract," reported the spokesperson for the Community Health Executive, Stefan de Keersmaecker, because the pharmaceutical company has not delivered the agreed doses and has incurred in delays in supplies.

The confrontation between the EU and AstraZeneca reaches court: this is what happened As the last step in this chain of disagreements, it was Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for the Internal Market, who announced this Sunday the 9th that as of June the contract with the AstraZeneca laboratories for the supply of vaccines against the coronavirus will  Germany Phone Number List not be renewed. What will happen with the vaccination campaign in Spain The European Union, therefore, will stop having new AstraZeneca vaccines starting this June. However, the vaccination campaign does not stop in the EU or in Spain . The brake on AstraZeneca comes hand in hand with a greater commitment to vaccines with messenger RNA, that is, that of Moderna and, above all, that of Pfizer/BioNTech .



In fact, Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, announced this Saturday the 8th the approval of a contract between the organization and Pfizer/BioNTech to obtain 900 million guaranteed doses plus another 900 million optional doses between 2021 and 2023 . "By securing up to 1.8 billion doses under a new contract with BioNTech and Pfizer, we are strengthening our preparation for the coming years," the President of the Commission posted on Twitter, adding: "Europe will remain open. We will continue to export vaccines, because "Vaccination is the lasting way out of this global pandemic." Just 2 hours earlier he had already reassured with a message in which he assured that the objective of vaccinating 70% of the population before the end of summer is maintained.