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COVID-19 Vaccine Costs Leaked by Belgian Minister After EU Snubs Offer of 500mn Pfizer Jabs
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Belgian minister Eva De Bleeker s list left out the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, which is already on the market and priced competitively with its Western rivals. Joint trials with the cheapest on offer, AstraZeneca s Oxford vaccine, were announced this week.
A Belgian government minister has leaked the prices of various COVID-19 vaccines after revelations the European Union (EU) turned down Pfizer s offer of 500 million doses over price.
US transnational Pfizer reacted on Friday to State Secretary for Budget and Consumer Protection Eva De Bleeker s apparently careless tweet on Thursday, saying the price it charges for the vaccine made at its facility in Belgium and co-developed with German foirm BiNTech.