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EU seeks big fine for AstraZeneca over vaccine delays

BRUSSELS – A lawyer for the European Union (EU) accused AstraZeneca on Wednesday of failing to respect its contract with the 27-nation bloc for the supply of COVID-19 vaccines and asked a Belgian court to impose a large fine on the company. The EU took the Anglo-Swedish firm to court in April after the drug-maker said it would aim to deliver only 100 million doses of its vaccine by the end of …

EU seeking court order over AstraZeneca deliveries

Europe Editor A court case gets under way in Brussels this morning in which the EU will seek an order obliging the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to deliver some 90 million Covid-19 vaccine doses by the end of June. The European Commission is taking the legal action after accusing the company of repeatedly failing to meet contractual delivery schedules. AstraZeneca has said it will defend itself against the charges and that it has complied with the terms of its EU contract. Lawyers for the European Commission will seek an injunction from the judge that would effectively order AstraZeneca to meet a target of 90 million doses by the end of June.

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