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EU Countries Report Offers for 900 Million COVID Vaccines by 'Alleged Intermediaries': Anti-Fraud Body Opens in a new window)
Pharmaceutical companies that manufacture vaccines against the coronavirus say they only sell directly to governments. -
Only 15% of AstraZeneca Vaccine Available in Germany Has Been Used Opens in a new window)
In total, Germany expects 56.3 million doses from AstraZeneca under the EU contract, which is equal to 18.7% of 300 million doses for the EU.Comments
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EU 'Catching Up' With UK Covid Vaccination Rollout – Von der Leyen Opens in a new window)
Commission president responds to fresh criticism over shortages of vaccine doses in bloc.Comments
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AstraZeneca to Miss Second-Quarter EU Vaccine Supply Target by Half Opens in a new window)
The expected shortfall, which has not previously been reported, follows a big reduction in supplies in the first quarter and could hit the EU’s ability to meet its target of vaccinating 70% of adults by summer.Comments
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UK Considers “Vaccine Passports” to Prove Covid Protection
Boris Johnson has said that the UK government is considering whether to introduce so-called “vaccine passports”.Comments
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UK Government to Review Covid Vaccine Passport
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tasked Michael Gove with leading a review into the possible use of vaccine certificates - or domestic vaccine passports - for businesses in the UK.Comments
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Drug Pricing and Rebates in Europe: An Empirical Analysis from Switzerland
Patients’ access to drugs with rebates in Switzerland - Empirical analysis and policy implications for drug pricing in Europe.Comments
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'Real-world' UK Data Shows 70% Decline in COVID Infections After First Pfizer Shot Opens in a new window)
Data analyzed by Public Health England (PHE) showed that Pfizer provided high levels of protection against infection and symptomatic disease from a single dose, and that hospitalization and death from COVID-19 will be reduced by more 75%.Comments
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Why are Italians Refusing the AstraZeneca Vaccine?
With EU countries lagging someway behind the UK in vaccinations - you might have thought people there would be keen to have any kind of jab.Comments
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EU Doubles Contribution to COVAX with over $600 Million in New Funding Opens in a new window)
The contribution consists of a 300 million euro grant and 200 million euros in guarantees by the European Fund for Sustainable Development plus (EFSD+) that will back a loan by the European Investment Bank.Comments
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EU Agreed to Pay 870 Million Euros for Supply of AstraZeneca Vaccines by June, Contract Shows Opens in a new window)
Under the confidential contract, only parts of which had previously been disclosed, the EU has agreed to pay approximately 2.9 euros ($3.5) per dose, in line with Reuters’ earlier reports of a price of about 2.5 euros.Comments
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Germany Pledges Additional 1.5 Billion Euros for COVAX and WHO Opens in a new window)
The German contribution would increase international funds for vaccines, drugs and tests by over 30 percent.Comments
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EU Hails Deals to Get More Vaccine Shots, Tackle Variants Opens in a new window)
The news came only hours after Pfizer and BioNTech said they had signed a deal to deliver an additional 200 million vaccine doses to the bloc.Comments
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Germany Plans to Offer Free Rapid Coronavirus Tests from March 1 Opens in a new window)
German leaders agreed last week to tighten the threshold for a gradual reopening of the economy, targeting an infection rate of under 35 new cases per 100,000 people over seven days, down from 50 previously.Comments
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First 550,000 Doses of Chinese Sinopharm's Vaccine Arrive in Hungary Opens in a new window)
Hungary’s rightwing government, a strong critic of the slow EU rollout, has been the first of the 27 member states to buy and authorise Russian and Chinese vaccines not yet approved by Brussels.Comments
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