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THE European Trades Union Confederation (ETUC) called today for democratic control over the Covid-19 vaccination drive to avoid “vaccine nationalism” and prevent big pharma companies gaining a monopoly. A recent dispute between the European Commission and AstraZeneca “showed just how little power democratic institutions have over the process, compared to CEOs answerable only to shareholders,” an ETUC statement said, adding: “The dangers of delegating responsibility for vaccines entirely to ‘big pharma’ have become clear.” The row erupted last month after AstraZeneca chief executive Pascal Soriot insisted that he was contractually obliged to supply the vaccine to Britain. This was disputed by Brussels, which reminded the British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant that the European Union was investing €336 million (£297m) in AstraZeneca in return for 400m doses of its vaccine, the first 100m of which were expected before April.

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