Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has promised to increase its vaccine supply to the European Union (EU), European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said
The Covid-19 vaccine was developed by British firm AstraZeneca and Oxford University
It was the third Covid-19 vaccine authorised in the EU, after Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines were given the greenlights in late December and early January
The European Commission is to lay out the criteria under which such exports would be evaluated on Friday
Production will be undertaken by JCR Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company that does not have experience producing vaccines but can culture the necessary adenoviral vectors
AstraZeneca Chief Executive Pascal Soriot rejected claims that his company was failing to honour its commitments
The commissioner stressed that the EU required AstraZeneca to provide a report regarding the company's activities, adding that the bloc would hold the second round of consultations with AstraZeneca
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