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A lawyer for the European Union today accused AstraZeneca on Wednesday of not having even tried to respect its contract with the 27-nation bloc for the supply of Covid-19 vaccines and of failing to warn it in time of large cuts to deliveries.
The EU took the Anglo-Swedish firm to court after the drugmaker said it would aim to deliver only 100million doses of its vaccine by the end of June, instead of the 300million foreseen in the supply contract.
The EU wants the company to deliver at least 120million vaccines by the end of June. AstraZeneca did not even try to respect the contract, the EU s lawyer, Rafael Jafferali, told a Brussels court today in the first hearing on the substance of the legal case.
At the moment, it recommends that the under-30s only are offered the choice of a different jab if one is available.
The committee balances the risk of the jab for that age-group when compared to the risks of getting serious complications from Covid.
And the experts weighing up the data are now in a much stronger position than they were even just a few weeks ago.
A panel of leading haematology experts meet daily, both internationally and domestically, to advise on the clots.
Dr Sue Pavord, a consultant haematologist at Oxford University Hospitals who is co-chair of the expert panel advising the government on the risks, said this is making a huge difference.
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