EU Vaccine

• EU export controls on vaccines won’t affect Canada’s shipments, officials say

  The EU unveiled legislation Wednesday that will make it harder for pharmaceutical companies producing COVID-19 vaccines in the 27-nation bloc to export them.

  Canada

  Mar 24, 2021
  
• EU plans stricter controls for exports of COVID-19 vaccines

  Under a less stringent export control system in force so far, only one shipment in 381 has been barred from leaving the EU.

  World

  Mar 24, 2021
  
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• EU blocks vaccine export to Australia as it plans to extend supply controls

  The measures mean companies must get EU authorization before they can export COVID-19 vaccines.

  World

  Mar 4, 2021
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• AstraZeneca backtracks, says it will meet EU supply for Q2 after reporting shortfall

  However, EU officials remained wary about supply.

  World

  Feb 25, 2021
• Pfizer finalizes agreement to supply 200 million more shots to EU

  The companies said the 200 million doses are expected to be delivered this year, with an estimated 75 million of them in the second quarter.

  World

  Feb 17, 2021
• What an EU crackdown on COVID-19 vaccine exports could mean for Canada

  Vaccine rollouts in the EU have been slow compared to other countries and hampered by problems, including interruptions to their supply chains.

  Canada

  Feb 1, 2021
• EU defends coronavirus vaccine program despite slow rollout

  The European Union's slow rollout has been blamed on a range of national problems as well as slower authorization of the vaccines and an initial shortage of supply.

  World

  Feb 1, 2021
• European regulator approves AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for adults

  The shot is the third COVID-19 vaccine given the greenlight by the European Medicines Agency, after ones made by Pfizer and Moderna.

  World

  Jan 29, 2021
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• Belgium sends inspectors to AstraZeneca factory amid delivery dispute with EU

  AstraZeneca said last week that it planned to cut initial deliveries in the EU to 31 million doses from the 80 million due to reduced yields from its European manufacturing plants.

  World

  Jan 28, 2021