AstraZeneca

[AdaHopper]

Last week this was published on CNN and in the European press:

Its contract with the UK, however, also states that company only needs to make its "best reasonable efforts" to stick to the original agreed delivery schedule, which the company could "update and refine" when necessary. The agreement says the company must notify BEIS at least 30 days before each delivery with a "firm and final" schedule.
Where there may be a significant difference is in which markets the drug company is prioritizing. Soriot confirmed to La Repubblica that his company had agreed to supply the UK before other markets,,^ saying it was "fair enough" because the UK had reached an agreement with AstraZeneca earlier than the EU. But the UK's official contract is actually dated August 28, one day after the EU's contract.

I haven't seen it make an appearance in any UK press. Why? I live in an EU country now but lived in the UK most of my life (EU nationality) and I was shocked about the way people reacted at the time. A lot of the 'eu can fuck itself' and 'I voted remain but I wouldn't now'.

Did the UK government purposefully frame the situation to create more 'anti-Eu' feelings? If so, how is that a good idea in a world where we rely on each other?

www.cnn.com/2021/02/17/europe/uk-astrazeneca-vaccine-contract-details-intl/index.html

Pro-UK front page article in Bild

news.sky.com/story/covid-19-germanys-top-selling-newspaper-admits-envy-for-uks-vaccine-rollout-12227957

As a private company it’s up to AZ to sort their own contracts out, it’s really nothing to do with the UK! We don’t own the company... they have a pretty well sourced legal department so I’m sure they’ve acted in accordance with their contracts

Morally I think it’s the right decision that the AZ vaccine goes first to those countries prepared to vaccinate their most vulnerable groups with it.

because the UK had reached an agreement with AstraZeneca earlier than the EU. But the UK's official contract is actually dated August 28, one day after the EU's contract.

Just wanted to pick up on this. The final manufacturing contract may have been signed on 28 August but it was reported much earlier than that that we were buying 100M doses. So there will have been earlier agreements, for the development work obviously but also possibly a letter of intent that will have allowed AZ to proceed with the manufacturing plans while the final contract was agreed. Common practice to have multiple agreements so work can be started early before the manufacturing agreement is finalised.

www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/25/acceptance-problem-as-most-oxford-covid-jabs-delivered-to-eu-not-yet-used

France seems to have changed their minds.

www.politico.eu/article/french-government-opens-door-to-astrazeneca-vaccine-for-the-elderly/