EU seeks large AstraZeneca fine for alleged contract breach By Reuters
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A lawyer for the European Union accused AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN) 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 afterthe drugmaker said it would aim to deliver only 100 milliondoses of its vaccine by the end of June, instead of the 300 million foreseen in the supply contract. Brussels wants the company to deliver at least 120 millionvaccines...
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