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How Politics and Health Collided In Taiwan's Tortured BioNTech Vaccine Talks


Test tubes are displayed in front of the Biontech logo in this illustration. Photo: Reuters/Dado Ruvic
Taipei: As talks for Taiwan to access BioNTech SE’s COVID-19 vaccine via two major Taiwanese companies reached a head last week, the German firm’s Chinese sales agent put forward a template contract seeking access to Taiwanese medical records.
The clause sparked alarm, as such a requirement would be anathema for Taiwan’s government, long wary of Beijing’s attempts at influence over the democratic island, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told
Reuters.
“The other side did propose such a contract template, which made negotiators in Taiwan and the Taiwan government feel puzzled and troubled, but after talks, the other side stopped insisting and adjusted it in a short time,” the source said. ....

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