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Originally Posted by Grant66
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'The U.K. contract was signed on August 28, while the EU’s was signed a day earlier on August 27.
However, the key lies in an earlier agreement that AstraZeneca made back in May with the U.K., which was a binding deal establishing “the development of a dedicated supply chain for the U.K.,” an AstraZeneca spokesperson said.
One official close to the U.K. contract said the agreement began as an email in April from the U.K. government saying it would provide £65 million to help the University of Oxford execute its production plan. It later evolved into a fully-fledged contract between the government and the British-Swedish company, which also might explain why it took until August for the contract to be signed.
Most important, however, is that it meant that the British government was “effectively a major shareholder” in the jab’s development as early as April. After Oxford and AstraZeneca agreed to team up at the end of April, for example, the British government filled seats on Oxford-AstraZeneca joint liaison committees. 'end of QUOTE
Sounds to me like the EU have made a pig's ear of it and they are now trying to change the rules.
ps apparently Italian police have seized a consignment of AZ vaccines they thought was destined for Mexico and Canada when it was actually going to EU countries. What right have they to do that anyway wherever it was going ?!
pps and why are they now referring to the 'UK variant' of the virus, as if Britain is responsible for it. I thought it came from China!