Chief executive of pharmaceutical giant says the firm will honour UK’s earlier contract despite EU anger over shortfall
AstraZeneca’s chief executive has insisted the UK will come first for vaccines as he rejected calls to divert doses to the European Union following a breakdown in supply.
Amid a growing row, Pascal Soriot, the French head of the pharmaceutical giant, said the UK was benefiting from being early to sign a contract for 100m doses.
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Europe invested billions to help develop the world’s first Covid-19 vaccines. And now, the companies must deliver
With the UK we’ve had three extra months to fix all the glitches. For Europe, we are three months behind
