European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has warned the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca that it must meet its contractual obligations in delivery supplies of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Ms von der Leyen spoke to AstraZeneca chief executive Pascal Soriot by phone this morning. "She made it clear she expects AstraZeneca to deliver on the contractual arrangements foreseen in the advanced purchasing agreement," Commission spokesman Eric Mamer said. "She reminded Mr Soriot that the EU has invested significant amounts in the company upfront precisely to ensure production is ramped up even before the conditional market authorisation is delivered by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). "Of course, production issues can appear with a complex